Houston panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 21:16 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 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:38
- 11:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:58 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:14
- Karana Kaulava until 14:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
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. 05:13 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Char | 13:18 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 06:38 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