Houston panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 19:49 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:00
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 20:15
- Karana Taitila until 17:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:00
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:15 – 22:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:33 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:29 – 06:37 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. 05:05 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 05:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:47 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:49 Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:46 next day Capricorn
- 05:46 – 06:43 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