Houston panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:38 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 19:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:35
- Yamaganda 16:29 – 18:04
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:38 to 07:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:44
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 02:17 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:14 – 06:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:04
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. 05:30 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:01 – 08:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:36 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:01 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
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:41 Cancer
- 05:41 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:17 Virgo
- 10:17 – 12:38 Libra
- 12:38 – 14:57 Scorpio
- 14:57 – 17:01 Sagittarius
- 17:01 – 18:42 Capricorn
- 18:42 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:37 next day Cancer
- 05:37 – 07:01 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