Houston panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 16:32 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 19:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:16
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:05 Moon enters Virgo
Night
19:54 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:05
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:05 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:01 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:38 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:05 – 14:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:16
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. 05:16 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:54 | Good |
| Char | 19:54 – 21:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:21 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 18:49 Virgo
- 18:49 – 21:09 Libra
- 21:09 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:32 next day Sagittarius
- 01:32 – 03:13 next day Capricorn
- 03:13 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:42 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