Houston panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 14:32 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:31 – 18:03
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
19:36 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:43 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:20 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:40
- Karana Taitila until 10:54, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 04:20 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:20 – 07:16 next day
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. 05:44 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 04:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:16 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:49 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 20:50 Virgo
- 20:50 – 23:11 Libra
- 23:11 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:34 next day Sagittarius
- 03:34 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
- 06:41 – 07:16 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