Houston panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 09:05 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 19:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:14
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:50 to 06:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:50 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:01 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:14
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:01 – 04:25 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. 05:22 – 06:06
- 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 19:50 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 15:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 15:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 15:38 – 06:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:50 | Good |
| Char | 19:50 – 21:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:27 – 06:49 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 21:37 Libra
- 21:37 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 05:07 next day Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:31 next day Pisces
- 06:31 – 06:49 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