Houston panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 20:24 Moonrise 01:39 Jyeshtha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 20:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:07 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:37
- 11:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:24 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:24 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:46
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:45 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:44
- Karana Vanija until 11:02, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:44 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:07 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:44 – 22:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 22:11 – 00:05 next day
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. 05:08 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:24 – 22:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:13 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:57 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 21:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:39 – 22:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:55 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 07:04 Gemini
- 07:04 – 09:26 Cancer
- 09:26 – 11:44 Leo
- 11:44 – 14:01 Virgo
- 14:01 – 16:22 Libra
- 16:22 – 18:41 Scorpio
- 18:41 – 20:45 Sagittarius
- 20:45 – 22:26 Capricorn
- 22:26 – 23:52 Aquarius
- 23:52 – 01:16 next day Pisces
- 01:16 – 02:50 next day Aries
- 02:50 – 04:45 next day Taurus
- 04:45 – 06:29 next day Gemini
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