Houston panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 20:47 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:02
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:22 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 19:35
- Karana Vanija until 17:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:02
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. 05:04 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:33 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:32 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:42 next day | Good |
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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:59 Leo
- 18:59 – 21:17 Virgo
- 21:17 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 01:57 next day Scorpio
- 01:57 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:42 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