Houston panchang, 3 March 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 18:51 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 09:39 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 12:33 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 16:54
- 17:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:19 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 20:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:22
- Karana Balava until 17:24, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:22 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:54
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:22 – 23:22
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. 05:06 – 05:56
- 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 18:21 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:12 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Char | 09:39 – 11:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:06 – 12:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:33 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:44 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:43 Pisces
- 08:43 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:13 Taurus
- 12:13 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:49 Cancer
- 16:49 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:49 next day Capricorn
- 05:49 – 06:44 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