Houston panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 06:20 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:31 – 14:18
- Yamaganda 16:02 – 17:29
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:06 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:56 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:54 Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 11:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 12:50
- Karana Shakuni until 11:06, then Chatushpada
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 11:06 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:54 Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:31 – 14:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:29
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 – 06:31
- 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 18:56 – 21:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:20 – 08:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Char | 17:29 – 18:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:02 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:48 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:43 Sagittarius
- 14:43 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 17:51 Aquarius
- 17:51 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 22:44 Taurus
- 22:44 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 03:20 next day Cancer
- 03:20 – 05:38 next day Leo
- 05:38 – 07:21 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