Houston panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 03:13 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 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:25
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:32
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:47 Moon enters Leo
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:59 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:05
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:30
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:47 Moon enters Leo
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:32
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) 12:45 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 11:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:32 | Good |
| Rog | 17:32 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:09 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:54 Leo
- 05:54 – 08:12 Virgo
- 08:12 – 10:32 Libra
- 10:32 – 12:51 Scorpio
- 12:51 – 14:55 Sagittarius
- 14:55 – 16:36 Capricorn
- 16:36 – 18:03 Aquarius
- 18:03 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:55 Taurus
- 22:55 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 05:50 next day Leo
- 05:50 – 07:19 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