Houston panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 05:19 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 18:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:37
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:48 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:57 to 07:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 14:28
- Karana Vanija until 11:46, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:48 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 11:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:46 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:50 – 07:20 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. 05:41 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:26
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:30 – 22:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:03 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:36 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:09 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:47 Sagittarius
- 14:47 – 16:28 Capricorn
- 16:28 – 17:55 Aquarius
- 17:55 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 22:48 Taurus
- 22:48 – 01:03 next day Gemini
- 01:03 – 03:24 next day Cancer
- 03:24 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 07:20 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