Houston panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 19:29 Moonrise 06:06 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 19:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:30
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:06 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:05
- 07:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:29 to 07:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:29 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 11:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:53 – 10:29 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. 05:54 – 06:42
- 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 19:29 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
| Char | 19:29 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 05:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:59 – 07:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:54 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 08:52 Pisces
- 08:52 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:21 Taurus
- 12:21 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 19:16 Leo
- 19:16 – 21:34 Virgo
- 21:34 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 05:58 next day Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:25 next day Aquarius
- 07:25 – 07:29 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