Houston panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 06:38 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:29 to 19:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:41
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:00
- 10:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:30 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:52 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:52
- Karana Vishti until 10:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:53 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:29 – 19:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:39 – 07:28 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. 05:53 – 06:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:05 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:00 | Good |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:30 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:28 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
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 05:58 Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:32 Gemini
- 14:32 – 16:54 Cancer
- 16:54 – 19:12 Leo
- 19:12 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 23:50 Libra
- 23:50 – 02:09 next day Scorpio
- 02:09 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:54 next day Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:21 next day Aquarius
- 07:21 – 07:28 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