Houston panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 07:40 CDT Sunset 19:24 CDT Moonrise 00:39 CDT next day Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:40 CDT to 19:24 CDT- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:08 CDT – 13:55 CDT
- Yamaganda 13:32 CDT – 15:00 CDT
- Gulika Kalam 16:28 CDT – 17:56 CDT
- Durmuhurta 17:50 CDT – 18:37 CDT
- Rahu Kalam 17:56 CDT – 19:24 CDT
- 10:41 CDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:41 CDT Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:24 CDT to 07:39 CDT next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:24 CDT – 21:51 CDT
- Brahma Muhurta 06:01 CDT – 06:50 CDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 CDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:00 CDT Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:47 CDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:41 CDT
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:41 CDT next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:05 CDT
- Karana Taitila until 10:41 CDT, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:41 CDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:41 CDT Karana becomes Gara
- 21:05 CDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:00 CDT Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:47 CDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 CDT – 15:00 CDT
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 CDT – 17:56 CDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:50 CDT – 18:37 CDT
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:56 CDT – 19:24 CDT
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:40 CDT – 05:41 CDT next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 CDT – 07:39 CDT 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. 06:02 CDT – 06:51 CDT
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:08 CDT – 13:55 CDT
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 CDT – 21:51 CDT
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 CDT – 07:39 CDT next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:40 CDT – 09:08 CDT | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 09:08 CDT – 10:36 CDT | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 CDT – 12:04 CDT | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 CDT – 13:32 CDT | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 CDT – 15:00 CDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 CDT – 16:28 CDT | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 CDT – 17:56 CDT | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:56 CDT – 19:24 CDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:24 CDT – 20:56 CDT | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:56 CDT – 22:28 CDT | Good |
| Char | 22:28 CDT – 23:59 CDT | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 CDT – 01:31 CDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 CDT – 03:03 CDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 CDT – 04:35 CDT next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 CDT – 06:07 CDT next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 06:07 CDT – 07:39 CDT 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
- 07:40 CDT NowSun
- 08:38 CDT NowVenus
- 09:37 CDT NowMercury
- 10:36 CDT NowMoon
- 11:34 CDT NowSaturn
- 12:33 CDT NowJupiter
- 13:32 CDT NowMars
- 14:31 CDT NowSun
- 15:29 CDT NowVenus
- 16:28 CDT NowMercury
- 17:27 CDT NowMoon
- 18:25 CDT NowSaturn
- 19:24 CDT NowJupiter
- 20:25 CDT NowMars
- 21:26 CDT NowSun
- 22:28 CDT NowVenus
- 23:29 CDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 CDT NowMoon
- 01:31 CDT NowSaturn
- 02:32 CDT NowJupiter
- 03:34 CDT NowMars
- 04:35 CDT NowSun
- 05:36 CDT NowVenus
- 06:37 CDT NowMercury
- 07:40 CDT NowSun
- 08:40 CDT NowVenus
- 09:40 CDT NowMercury
- 10:40 CDT NowMoon
- 11:40 CDT NowSaturn
- 12:40 CDT NowJupiter
- 13:40 CDT NowMars
- 14:40 CDT NowSun
- 15:40 CDT NowVenus
- 16:40 CDT NowMercury
- 17:40 CDT NowMoon
- 18:40 CDT NowSaturn
- 19:40 CDT NowJupiter
- 20:40 CDT NowMars
- 21:40 CDT NowSun
- 22:40 CDT NowVenus
- 23:40 CDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 CDT NowMoon
- 01:40 CDT NowSaturn
- 02:40 CDT NowJupiter
- 03:40 CDT NowMars
- 04:40 CDT NowSun
- 05:40 CDT NowVenus
- 06:40 CDT NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:02 CDT – 06:34 CDT Capricorn
- 06:34 CDT – 08:00 CDT Aquarius
- 08:00 CDT – 09:24 CDT Pisces
- 09:24 CDT – 10:58 CDT Aries
- 10:58 CDT – 12:53 CDT Taurus
- 12:53 CDT – 15:08 CDT Gemini
- 15:08 CDT – 17:29 CDT Cancer
- 17:29 CDT – 19:48 CDT Leo
- 19:48 CDT – 22:05 CDT Virgo
- 22:05 CDT – 00:26 CDT next day Libra
- 00:26 CDT – 02:45 CDT next day Scorpio
- 02:45 CDT – 04:48 CDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 CDT – 06:30 CDT next day Capricorn
- 06:30 CDT – 07:39 CDT 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