Houston panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 05:06 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:22
- Yamaganda 10:09 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:10
- 13:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:42 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:46 to 06:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:46 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 13:42
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:52 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 02:55 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:42, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 13:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 04:52 next day
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. 05:27 – 06:12
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:42 – 06:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:52 – 06:55 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:52 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Char | 10:09 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:10 | Good |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 06:55 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
- 06:56 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:22 Leo
- 17:22 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:23 next day Sagittarius
- 02:23 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:31 next day Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:54 next day Pisces
- 06:54 – 06:55 next day Aries
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