Houston panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 16:28 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:21 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 12:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 14:32 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 08:28
- Karana Vanija until 12:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 19:54 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:28 – 18:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:05 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 14:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:44 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:13 – 06:54 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:23 Libra
- 06:23 – 08:43 Scorpio
- 08:43 – 10:46 Sagittarius
- 10:46 – 12:28 Capricorn
- 12:28 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 15:18 Pisces
- 15:18 – 16:52 Aries
- 16:52 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 21:02 Gemini
- 21:02 – 23:23 Cancer
- 23:23 – 01:41 next day Leo
- 01:41 – 03:59 next day Virgo
- 03:59 – 06:19 next day Libra
- 06:19 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CST (UTC-6) · Method