Houston panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 08:33 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 19:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:23
- 08:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:29 to 07:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:38
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 03:13 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:05 – 02:37 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:37 – 07:06 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 – 06:19
- 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 19:29 – 21:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:37 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:30 next day Taurus
- 00:30 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 07:06 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