Houston panchang, 11 September 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 07:32 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 19:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:34 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:42
- Durmuhurta 13:42 – 14:32
- Yamaganda 16:24 – 17:57
- 08:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:30 to 07:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 04:39 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:34 – 10:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:42 – 14:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:23 – 02:25 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. 05:32 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:05 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:30 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:05 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:32 Leo
- 07:32 – 09:50 Virgo
- 09:50 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 00:34 next day Taurus
- 00:34 – 02:49 next day Gemini
- 02:49 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 07:05 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