Houston panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 04:18 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:36
- 11:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:58 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:47
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:10 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 16:22
- Karana Taitila until 12:47, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:10 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:41 – 20:42
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 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:58 – 21:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 12:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:31 – 18:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:58 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:03 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 10:28 Libra
- 10:28 – 12:47 Scorpio
- 12:47 – 14:51 Sagittarius
- 14:51 – 16:32 Capricorn
- 16:32 – 17:59 Aquarius
- 17:59 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 20:57 Aries
- 20:57 – 22:52 Taurus
- 22:52 – 01:06 next day Gemini
- 01:06 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 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