Houston panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:00 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:58
- 10:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
20:00 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:44
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:15 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 14:42
- Karana Kaulava until 10:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:58
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:20 – 20:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 22:53 Scorpio
- 22:53 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 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