Houston panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 23:01 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:55
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:41 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:42
- Karana Vanija until 17:56, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:42 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 15:13
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 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:41 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:13 – 07:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:13 – 07:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:13 – 07:00 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:56 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:49 Cancer
- 05:49 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:25 Virgo
- 10:25 – 12:46 Libra
- 12:46 – 15:05 Scorpio
- 15:05 – 17:09 Sagittarius
- 17:09 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 20:16 Aquarius
- 20:16 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 23:14 Aries
- 23:14 – 01:09 next day Taurus
- 01:09 – 03:24 next day Gemini
- 03:24 – 05:45 next day Cancer
- 05:45 – 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