Houston panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 12:24 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 19:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:03 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:15
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:52 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:52 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:27 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:02
- Karana Vanija until 10:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:31 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:03 – 11:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:19 – 21:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:15
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:02 – 19:02
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 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:52 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:47 – 10:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:47 – 10:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 10:27 – 06:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:27 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:03 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:14 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:24 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:25 Libra
- 21:25 – 23:44 Scorpio
- 23:44 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:29 next day Capricorn
- 03:29 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:19 next day Pisces
- 06:19 – 06:46 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