Houston panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 19:26 Moonrise 03:24 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:35 to 19:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:04
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:26 to 07:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:26 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:59
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 19:59, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:28 – 00:01 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:04
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. 05:58 – 06:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:26 – 21:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:59 – 07:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:35 – 09:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:57 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:34 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
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:44 Aquarius
- 07:44 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 10:42 Aries
- 10:42 – 12:37 Taurus
- 12:37 – 14:52 Gemini
- 14:52 – 17:13 Cancer
- 17:13 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 21:49 Virgo
- 21:49 – 00:10 next day Libra
- 00:10 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:33 next day Sagittarius
- 04:33 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:34 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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method