Houston panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 13:31 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 19:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:36 – 18:14
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:53 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:53 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 14:54
- Karana Bava until 08:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:54 – 17:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:14
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 09:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:44 – 06:45 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. 05:19 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 22:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:44 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:21 Libra
- 21:21 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 03:25 next day Capricorn
- 03:25 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:15 next day Pisces
- 06:15 – 06:45 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