Houston panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 04:35 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:12
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:46 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:39
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:36 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 05:09 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:39 – 16:42
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- 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 19:46 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:46 | Good |
| Char | 19:46 – 21:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 19:44 Virgo
- 19:44 – 22:04 Libra
- 22:04 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:08 next day Capricorn
- 04:08 – 05:35 next day Aquarius
- 05:35 – 06:56 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