Houston panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 11:15 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 19:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:58
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
19:51 to 06:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:37
- Karana Taitila until 12:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
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. 05:20 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:51 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 11:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:20 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:11 Gemini
- 12:11 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:48 Scorpio
- 23:48 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 04:59 next day Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:23 next day Pisces
- 06:23 – 06:47 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