Houston panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 17:50 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:07 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:01
- 17:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:37 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:01 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:54
- Karana Vishti until 17:58, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:26 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:01
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. 05:07 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:07 | Good |
| Rog | 11:07 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:12 – 06:45 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:24 Aquarius
- 07:24 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:17 Taurus
- 12:17 – 14:31 Gemini
- 14:31 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
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