Houston panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:42 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 19:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:14
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:49
- Durmuhurta 13:49 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:10
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:42 to 07:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:46 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:55 – 05:46 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:49 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:10
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. 05:34 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 16:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:42 | Good |
| Char | 19:42 – 21:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:04 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 06:06 Aquarius
- 06:06 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:14 Gemini
- 13:14 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 00:51 next day Scorpio
- 00:51 – 02:54 next day Sagittarius
- 02:54 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:02 next day Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:04 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