Houston panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 05:32 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:32 to 19:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:29 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta 17:53 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam 17:59 – 19:28
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
19:28 to 07:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:54 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 23:06
- Karana Kaulava until 11:04, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:06 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:53 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:59 – 19:28
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. 05:55 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:06 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:32 – 09:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 09:01 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:30 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
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:55 – 06:06 Capricorn
- 06:06 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 10:30 Aries
- 10:30 – 12:25 Taurus
- 12:25 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 19:20 Leo
- 19:20 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 23:58 Libra
- 23:58 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:02 next day Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:29 next day Aquarius
- 07:29 – 07:30 next day Pisces
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