Houston panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 02:00 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:40
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:02 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 16:05
- Karana Balava until 16:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:50 – 12:00
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. 05:09 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 22:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 12:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:37 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:36 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:32 next day | Good |
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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:22 Libra
- 20:22 – 22:41 Scorpio
- 22:41 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:26 next day Capricorn
- 02:26 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:32 next day Aries
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method