Houston panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 06:08 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:12 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:13
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:48 to 06:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:32 next day Moon enters Aries
- 06:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Revati until 01:32 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 20:51
- Karana Shakuni until 09:41, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:32 next day Moon enters Aries
- 06:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:12 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:51 – 22:03
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. 05:25 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:48 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 01:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:41 – 06:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:32 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:11 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:35 Gemini
- 12:35 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:32 Virgo
- 19:32 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:46 next day Pisces
- 06:46 – 06:53 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