Houston panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 17:28 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 19:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:14
- Yamaganda 10:00 – 11:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:16
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
19:55 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:34
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:16
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 – 05:59
- 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 19:55 – 22:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:22 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:21 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Char | 10:00 – 11:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:39 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:16 | Good |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:20 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 06:41 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