Houston panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 20:19 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 19:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:12
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:38 – 18:17
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:57 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:43
- Karana Bava until 12:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:43 – 11:14 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:17
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 19:57 – 22:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:23 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 08:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:33 Virgo
- 18:33 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:48 next day Pisces
- 05:48 – 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