Houston panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:03 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:06
- 08:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
19:03 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 02:02 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:06
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 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:22 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:06 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:23 Virgo
- 08:23 – 10:44 Libra
- 10:44 – 13:03 Scorpio
- 13:03 – 15:07 Sagittarius
- 15:07 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:38 Pisces
- 19:38 – 21:12 Aries
- 21:12 – 23:07 Taurus
- 23:07 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:43 next day Cancer
- 03:43 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 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