Houston panchang, 24 March 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 11:14 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 19:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:36
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:31 – 18:02
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
19:34 to 07:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:35 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:32
- Karana Gara until 16:27, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:47 Moon enters Gemini
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:02
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 – 06:34
- 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 19:34 – 21:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 08:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:20 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:02 | Good |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:34 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:20 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
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:21 Pisces
- 08:21 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:50 Taurus
- 11:50 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:23 Libra
- 23:23 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:46 next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 – 05:27 next day Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:53 next day Aquarius
- 06:53 – 07:20 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