Houston panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 21:30 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 19:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Durmuhurta 13:49 – 14:39
- Yamaganda 16:32 – 18:06
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:40 to 07:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 03:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:53, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:49 – 14:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:32 – 18:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:47 – 04:59 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. 05:37 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:09 – 08:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:32 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:08 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
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 18:05 Leo
- 18:05 – 20:23 Virgo
- 20:23 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:06 next day Sagittarius
- 03:06 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:14 next day Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:08 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