Houston panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 21:49 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 19:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:40
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:06 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:05 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 13:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:40
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:06 – 21:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 19:32
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 19:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:32 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 10:56 Libra
- 10:56 – 13:15 Scorpio
- 13:15 – 15:19 Sagittarius
- 15:19 – 17:00 Capricorn
- 17:00 – 18:26 Aquarius
- 18:26 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:24 Aries
- 21:24 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:34 next day Gemini
- 01:34 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 06:14 next day Leo
- 06:14 – 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