Houston panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 15:54 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 19:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 16:16 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta 17:42 – 18:30
- Rahu Kalam 17:48 – 19:19
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:19 to 07:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:35 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:22, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:42 – 18:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:48 – 19:19
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:35 – 07:59 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. 05:35 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 07:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:04 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:41 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:57 Leo
- 06:57 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 11:35 Libra
- 11:35 – 13:54 Scorpio
- 13:54 – 15:58 Sagittarius
- 15:58 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 23:58 Taurus
- 23:58 – 02:13 next day Gemini
- 02:13 – 04:35 next day Cancer
- 04:35 – 06:53 next day Leo
- 06:53 – 07:10 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