Houston panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 20:59 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 19:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:24
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:39
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:08 to 07:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:25 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 16:50
- Karana Bava until 17:34, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:50 – 18:02
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. 05:38 – 06:26
- 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 19:08 – 21:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:06 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:09 – 17:39 | Good |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:40 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:15 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 11:00 Libra
- 11:00 – 13:19 Scorpio
- 13:19 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 17:04 Capricorn
- 17:04 – 18:30 Aquarius
- 18:30 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:28 Aries
- 21:28 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:38 next day Gemini
- 01:38 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 06:18 next day Leo
- 06:18 – 07:15 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