Houston panchang, 27 September 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 19:41 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 19:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 16:11 – 17:41
- Durmuhurta 17:35 – 18:22
- Rahu Kalam 17:41 – 19:10
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:10 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:46 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:29
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:29, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:46 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:35 – 18:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:41 – 19:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:23 – 01:59 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. 05:37 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:46 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:43 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:14 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 08:47 Virgo
- 08:47 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 13:27 Scorpio
- 13:27 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:12 Capricorn
- 17:12 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 20:02 Pisces
- 20:02 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:31 Taurus
- 23:31 – 01:46 next day Gemini
- 01:46 – 04:07 next day Cancer
- 04:07 – 06:26 next day Leo
- 06:26 – 07:14 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