Houston panchang, 4 November 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 02:12 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:26
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:31 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 18:56
- Karana Bava until 11:17, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:56 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:56 – 17:39 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. 04:53 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:06 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:39 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:18 Virgo
- 05:18 – 07:38 Libra
- 07:38 – 09:57 Scorpio
- 09:57 – 12:01 Sagittarius
- 12:01 – 13:42 Capricorn
- 13:42 – 15:09 Aquarius
- 15:09 – 16:32 Pisces
- 16:32 – 18:06 Aries
- 18:06 – 20:01 Taurus
- 20:01 – 22:16 Gemini
- 22:16 – 00:38 next day Cancer
- 00:38 – 02:56 next day Leo
- 02:56 – 05:14 next day Virgo
- 05:14 – 06:39 next day Libra
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method