Houston panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 00:44 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 20:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:20
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
20:01 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:29
- Karana Gara until 12:50, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:20
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. 05:10 – 05:52
- 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 20:01 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:15 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:56 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Char | 11:37 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 20:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:20 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:49 Scorpio
- 22:49 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:34 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