Houston panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 15:37 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 19:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:31
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:36 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:16
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:36
- Karana Vanija until 09:43, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:43 – 21:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:31
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. 05:43 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:36 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:20 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:41 Aquarius
- 06:41 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:29 Leo
- 18:29 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:07 Libra
- 23:07 – 01:26 next day Scorpio
- 01:26 – 03:30 next day Sagittarius
- 03:30 – 05:11 next day Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:37 next day Aquarius
- 06:37 – 07:15 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