Houston panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 16:33 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:52
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:18 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:31, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:52
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 14:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:01 – 22:22
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) 12:49 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:37 – 07:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:22 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:18 | Good |
| Char | 19:18 – 20:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:53 Leo
- 06:53 – 09:11 Virgo
- 09:11 – 11:31 Libra
- 11:31 – 13:50 Scorpio
- 13:50 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 17:35 Capricorn
- 17:35 – 19:02 Aquarius
- 19:02 – 20:25 Pisces
- 20:25 – 21:59 Aries
- 21:59 – 23:54 Taurus
- 23:54 – 02:09 next day Gemini
- 02:09 – 04:31 next day Cancer
- 04:31 – 06:49 next day Leo
- 06:49 – 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