Houston panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 22:28 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 19:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 07:08 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:32
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:40 to 07:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:58 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 04:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:32, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:58 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:08 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:32
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. 05:36 – 06:22
- 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 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:08 – 11:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:08 – 11:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:30 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:38 Pisces
- 07:38 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:22 Gemini
- 13:22 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 20:19 Virgo
- 20:19 – 22:40 Libra
- 22:40 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:07 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