Houston panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 22:13 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 19:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam 16:38 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta 18:12 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam 18:18 – 19:58
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:58 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 11:58
- Karana Gara until 16:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:58 – 00:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:12 – 19:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:18 – 19:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 23:28
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:28 – 06:37 next day
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. 05:12 – 05:55
- 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
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:38 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:58 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 06:37 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