Houston panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 19:35 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:58
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:39 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 03:49 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:49 – 07:25 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. 05:39 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 18:13 Leo
- 18:13 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:14 next day Sagittarius
- 03:14 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:10 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