Houston panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 08:12 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 19:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:41
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:01
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:57 Moon enters Aries
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:31 to 07:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 11:45
- Karana Kaulava until 16:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:57 Moon enters Aries
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
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. 05:50 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:26 – 15:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 15:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:57 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:26 – 08:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:24 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
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:50 – 07:13 Aquarius
- 07:13 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 10:11 Aries
- 10:11 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:21 Gemini
- 14:21 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:38 Libra
- 23:38 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 04:01 next day Sagittarius
- 04:01 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 07:09 next day Aquarius
- 07:09 – 07:24 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