Houston panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 18:25 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
19:56 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 10:21
- Karana Taitila until 09:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 10:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:21 – 11:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 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. 05:15 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:56 – 22:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 13:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:46 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:39 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:24 next day Sagittarius
- 01:24 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:40 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