Houston panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 10:18 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 19:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:25
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:07
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:33 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:08
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 22:37
- Karana Balava until 08:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:07
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. 05:47 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:33 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:19 – 07:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:19 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:33 | Good |
| Char | 19:33 – 21:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:24 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:21 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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:54 Taurus
- 11:54 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 18:49 Leo
- 18:49 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:46 next day Scorpio
- 01:46 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
- 06:57 – 07:21 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