Houston panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 23:58 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 20:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:19
- 08:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
20:00 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:21
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 13:46
- Karana Bava until 08:08, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:19
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. 05:11 – 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 20:00 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Char | 09:57 – 11:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:37 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:19 | Good |
| Rog | 18:19 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:41 Cancer
- 13:41 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:38 Libra
- 20:38 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 06:35 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