Houston panchang, 30 April 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 19:21 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 19:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:06 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:17
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
19:56 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:43
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 10:25
- Karana Vanija until 10:43, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 10:43 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:46 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:30 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:06 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:17
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. 05:14 – 05:57
- 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 19:56 – 22:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 15:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:43 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:20 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:17 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:19 – 06:39 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:37 Virgo
- 18:37 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:28 next day Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:39 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