Houston panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 06:42 CST Sunset 18:23 CST Moonrise 21:44 CST Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 CST to 18:23 CST- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:10 CST – 09:37 CST
- Durmuhurta 09:02 CST – 09:49 CST
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 CST – 12:32 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 CST – 12:56 CST
- Durmuhurta 12:56 CST – 13:42 CST
- Yamaganda 15:27 CST – 16:55 CST
- 10:48 CST Moon enters Libra
Night
18:23 CST to 06:41 CST next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 CST – 20:50 CST
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 CST – 05:52 CST Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 CST Karana becomes Balava
- 19:22 CST Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:45 CST Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:47 CST next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:45 CST · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:22 CST
- Karana Bava until 19:01 CST, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:48 CST Moon enters Libra
- 19:01 CST Karana becomes Balava
- 19:22 CST Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:45 CST Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 CST – 09:37 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 CST – 09:49 CST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 CST – 12:32 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 CST – 13:42 CST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 CST – 16:55 CST
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. 05:03 CST – 05:53 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 CST – 12:56 CST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 CST – 20:50 CST
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 CST – 08:10 CST | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:10 CST – 09:37 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 CST – 11:05 CST | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 CST – 12:32 CST | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 CST – 14:00 CST | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 CST – 15:27 CST | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 CST – 16:55 CST | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 CST – 18:23 CST | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 CST – 19:55 CST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 CST – 21:27 CST | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 CST – 22:59 CST | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 CST – 00:32 CST next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 CST – 02:04 CST next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 CST – 03:36 CST next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 CST – 05:09 CST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 CST – 06:41 CST 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
- 06:42 CST NowVenus
- 07:40 CST NowMercury
- 08:39 CST NowMoon
- 09:37 CST NowSaturn
- 10:36 CST NowJupiter
- 11:34 CST NowMars
- 12:32 CST NowSun
- 13:31 CST NowVenus
- 14:29 CST NowMercury
- 15:27 CST NowMoon
- 16:26 CST NowSaturn
- 17:24 CST NowJupiter
- 18:23 CST NowMars
- 19:24 CST NowSun
- 20:26 CST NowVenus
- 21:27 CST NowMercury
- 22:29 CST NowMoon
- 23:30 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 CST NowJupiter
- 01:33 CST NowMars
- 02:35 CST NowSun
- 03:36 CST NowVenus
- 04:38 CST NowMercury
- 05:39 CST NowMoon
- 06:42 CST NowVenus
- 07:42 CST NowMercury
- 08:42 CST NowMoon
- 09:42 CST NowSaturn
- 10:42 CST NowJupiter
- 11:42 CST NowMars
- 12:42 CST NowSun
- 13:42 CST NowVenus
- 14:42 CST NowMercury
- 15:42 CST NowMoon
- 16:42 CST NowSaturn
- 17:42 CST NowJupiter
- 18:42 CST NowMars
- 19:42 CST NowSun
- 20:42 CST NowVenus
- 21:42 CST NowMercury
- 22:42 CST NowMoon
- 23:42 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 CST NowJupiter
- 01:42 CST NowMars
- 02:42 CST NowSun
- 03:42 CST NowVenus
- 04:42 CST NowMercury
- 05:42 CST NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 CST – 05:42 CST Capricorn
- 05:42 CST – 07:08 CST Aquarius
- 07:08 CST – 08:32 CST Pisces
- 08:32 CST – 10:06 CST Aries
- 10:06 CST – 12:01 CST Taurus
- 12:01 CST – 14:16 CST Gemini
- 14:16 CST – 16:37 CST Cancer
- 16:37 CST – 18:55 CST Leo
- 18:55 CST – 21:13 CST Virgo
- 21:13 CST – 23:34 CST Libra
- 23:34 CST – 01:53 CST next day Scorpio
- 01:53 CST – 03:56 CST next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 CST – 05:38 CST next day Capricorn
- 05:38 CST – 06:41 CST 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method