Houston panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 14:21 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 19:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 17:50
- 12:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:21 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 03:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:50
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:08 – 12:14
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) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:15 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 09:22 Virgo
- 09:22 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 14:02 Scorpio
- 14:02 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 17:47 Capricorn
- 17:47 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:06 next day Taurus
- 00:06 – 02:21 next day Gemini
- 02:21 – 04:42 next day Cancer
- 04:42 – 07:01 next day Leo
- 07:01 – 07:09 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