Houston panchang, 22 March 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 09:30 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 19:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta 17:55 – 18:44
- Rahu Kalam 18:01 – 19:33
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:44 Moon enters Taurus
Night
19:33 to 07:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:47, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:44 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:11 – 06:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:55 – 18:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:01 – 19:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:23 – 12:12
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. 05:48 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 12:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:54 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 08:29 Pisces
- 08:29 – 10:03 Aries
- 10:03 – 11:58 Taurus
- 11:58 – 14:13 Gemini
- 14:13 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 18:53 Leo
- 18:53 – 21:10 Virgo
- 21:10 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 01:50 next day Scorpio
- 01:50 – 03:53 next day Sagittarius
- 03:53 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
- 05:35 – 07:01 next day Aquarius
- 07:01 – 07:22 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