Houston panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 09:33 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 19:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam 16:22 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta 17:49 – 18:38
- Rahu Kalam 17:55 – 19:27
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:56 Moon enters Libra
Night
19:27 to 07:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:37
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:25 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 02:16 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:33, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:56 Moon enters Libra
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:49 – 18:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:55 – 19:27
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. 05:33 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:06 – 11:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:25 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:06 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:38 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:17 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:24 Leo
- 07:24 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:25 Sagittarius
- 16:25 – 18:07 Capricorn
- 18:07 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 20:57 Pisces
- 20:57 – 22:31 Aries
- 22:31 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 05:02 next day Cancer
- 05:02 – 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