Houston panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 07:09 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:05 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- 09:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
19:30 to 07:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:51 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 07:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 20:23
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 18:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 17:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:13, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 07:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:06 – 20:05
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. 05:52 – 06:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 05:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:27 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
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:52 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:21 Aquarius
- 07:21 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:50 Cancer
- 16:50 – 19:08 Leo
- 19:08 – 21:26 Virgo
- 21:26 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:05 next day Scorpio
- 02:05 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:17 next day Aquarius
- 07:17 – 07:27 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