Houston panchang, 9 November 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 07:07 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:18
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:27 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:30 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:49 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:27
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:18 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:27 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 21:49 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:18
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:49 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:07 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 04:58 Virgo
- 04:58 – 07:18 Libra
- 07:18 – 09:38 Scorpio
- 09:38 – 11:41 Sagittarius
- 11:41 – 13:23 Capricorn
- 13:23 – 14:49 Aquarius
- 14:49 – 16:13 Pisces
- 16:13 – 17:47 Aries
- 17:47 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:57 Gemini
- 21:57 – 00:18 next day Cancer
- 00:18 – 02:36 next day Leo
- 02:36 – 04:54 next day Virgo
- 04:54 – 06:43 next day Libra
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method