Houston panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 20:17 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 19:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:46
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:09 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:44
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:43
- Karana Gara until 08:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:46
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) 12:47 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:09 | Good |
| Char | 19:09 – 20:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:10 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:12 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:44 – 07:14 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 08:43 Virgo
- 08:43 – 11:04 Libra
- 11:04 – 13:23 Scorpio
- 13:23 – 15:26 Sagittarius
- 15:26 – 17:08 Capricorn
- 17:08 – 18:34 Aquarius
- 18:34 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:27 Taurus
- 23:27 – 01:42 next day Gemini
- 01:42 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 06:22 next day Leo
- 06:22 – 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