Houston panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 02:07 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 19:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:40
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:00 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:38
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 20:50
- Karana Vishti until 15:38, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:29 – 15:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:40
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. 05:40 – 06:29
- 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 19:00 – 21:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 12:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:00 | Good |
| Char | 19:00 – 20:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:46 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 08:16 Virgo
- 08:16 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 12:55 Scorpio
- 12:55 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 16:40 Capricorn
- 16:40 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 22:59 Taurus
- 22:59 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:54 next day Leo
- 05:54 – 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