Houston panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 23:50 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:21
- Yamaganda 16:07 – 17:36
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
19:04 to 07:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:30
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:47
- Karana Vishti until 10:37, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 10:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:48 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:51 – 15:27 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. 05:39 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:04 – 21:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 16:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 08:27 Virgo
- 08:27 – 10:48 Libra
- 10:48 – 13:07 Scorpio
- 13:07 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 16:52 Capricorn
- 16:52 – 18:18 Aquarius
- 18:18 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:11 Taurus
- 23:11 – 01:26 next day Gemini
- 01:26 – 03:47 next day Cancer
- 03:47 – 06:06 next day Leo
- 06:06 – 07:17 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