Houston panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 04:03 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 19:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:34 – 18:09
- Durmuhurta 18:03 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam 18:09 – 19:45
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:45 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:45 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:46 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:47
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:33 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:47, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:46 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:03 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:09 – 19:45
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. 05:29 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:47 Virgo
- 19:47 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:12 next day Capricorn
- 04:12 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:57 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