Houston panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:38 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam 11:11 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:21
- 08:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:38 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:54
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:25 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:21
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. 05:29 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 09:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:53 – 11:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:11 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:11 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:19 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:56 Gemini
- 17:56 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:19 next day Sagittarius
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