Houston panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 23:08 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 19:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:38 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:19
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:59 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 18:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:19
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 – 05:54
- 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 19:59 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:59 | Good |
| Char | 19:59 – 21:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:57 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 23:01 Scorpio
- 23:01 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 06:36 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