Houston panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 00:58 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 19:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 16:06 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta 17:28 – 18:15
- Rahu Kalam 17:34 – 19:02
- 08:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:02 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 23:21
- Karana Gara until 17:24, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:28 – 18:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:34 – 19:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:29 – 15:38 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 – 06:28
- 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 19:02 – 21:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:44 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:45 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:18 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 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 10:40 Libra
- 10:40 – 12:59 Scorpio
- 12:59 – 15:03 Sagittarius
- 15:03 – 16:44 Capricorn
- 16:44 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 19:34 Pisces
- 19:34 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:40 next day Cancer
- 03:40 – 05:58 next day Leo
- 05:58 – 07:18 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