Houston panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 01:15 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 19:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:58
- 08:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:43 to 07:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 07:28 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:40 – 19:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
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. 05:32 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 22:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:32 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:02 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
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:51 Taurus
- 10:51 – 13:06 Gemini
- 13:06 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:43 next day Scorpio
- 00:43 – 02:47 next day Sagittarius
- 02:47 – 04:28 next day Capricorn
- 04:28 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:02 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