Houston panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 10:33 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 19:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:58
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:26 to 07:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:14
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:51, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:50 – 01:52 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. 05:33 – 06:20
- 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 19:26 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:06 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:26 | Good |
| Char | 19:26 – 20:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:07 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 09:38 Virgo
- 09:38 – 11:59 Libra
- 11:59 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:22 next day Taurus
- 00:22 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 07:07 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