Houston panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 13:28 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:56
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:23 to 07:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 03:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:22, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:56
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:23 – 21:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:08 – 09:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:11 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:51 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:09 Leo
- 07:09 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:47 Libra
- 11:47 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:17 Aquarius
- 19:17 – 20:41 Pisces
- 20:41 – 22:15 Aries
- 22:15 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 04:46 next day Cancer
- 04:46 – 07:05 next day Leo
- 07:05 – 07:08 next day Virgo
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