Houston panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 06:43 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:11
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:48 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:48 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:11
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. 05:24 – 06:09
- 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 06:53 – 23:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 03:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:16 Taurus
- 10:16 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:53 next day Capricorn
- 03:53 – 05:19 next day Aquarius
- 05:19 – 06:43 next day Pisces
- 06:43 – 06:52 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