Houston panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 07:23 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:06 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:35
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:49 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 13:26
- Karana Balava until 14:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:44 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:35
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 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:06 | Good |
| Rog | 10:06 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:05 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 06:51 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:04 next day Scorpio
- 00:04 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:15 next day Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:39 next day Pisces
- 06:39 – 06:51 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