Houston panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 05:36 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:58
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:47 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:47 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:29 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 00:07 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:01, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:01 – 22:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:07 – 20:51 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:29 – 06:54 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. 05:26 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 06:54 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:31 Aquarius
- 05:31 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:15 next day Scorpio
- 00:15 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:00 next day Capricorn
- 04:00 – 05:27 next day Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:50 next day Pisces
- 06:50 – 06:54 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