Houston panchang, 1 September 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 22:18 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 19:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Yamaganda 10:10 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:07
- 08:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
19:42 to 07:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:30, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:07
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 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:59 – 16:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:59 – 16:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Char | 10:10 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:56 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:07 | Good |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:53 Cancer
- 05:53 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 12:50 Libra
- 12:50 – 15:09 Scorpio
- 15:09 – 17:13 Sagittarius
- 17:13 – 18:54 Capricorn
- 18:54 – 20:20 Aquarius
- 20:20 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:13 next day Taurus
- 01:13 – 03:28 next day Gemini
- 03:28 – 05:49 next day Cancer
- 05:49 – 07:00 next day Leo
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