Houston panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 12:31 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 19:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:48
- 11:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:24 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:18 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:19 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:20, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:48
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. 05:34 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:07 – 07:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 07:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:07 – 07:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:18 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:13 Leo
- 07:13 – 09:30 Virgo
- 09:30 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:10 Scorpio
- 14:10 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 20:45 Pisces
- 20:45 – 22:19 Aries
- 22:19 – 00:14 next day Taurus
- 00:14 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:50 next day Cancer
- 04:50 – 07:08 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