Houston panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 20:32 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 19:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:09
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:39 to 07:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Moon enters Libra
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:12
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Moon enters Libra
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:09
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. 05:38 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:05 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:47 Libra
- 22:47 – 01:06 next day Scorpio
- 01:06 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:52 next day Capricorn
- 04:52 – 06:18 next day Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:09 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