Houston panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 08:10 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:35 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam 18:12 – 19:49
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:49 to 06:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:58
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:32
- Karana Taitila until 10:38, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:06 – 18:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:12 – 19:49
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. 05:23 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:28 – 10:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:06 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 06:50 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
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:23 Gemini
- 12:23 – 14:44 Cancer
- 14:44 – 17:02 Leo
- 17:02 – 19:20 Virgo
- 19:20 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:35 next day Pisces
- 06:35 – 06:50 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