Houston panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 01:24 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam 11:37 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda 16:40 – 18:21
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
20:01 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 16:00
- Karana Vishti until 14:46, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:21
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. 05:09 – 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 – 22:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 10:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:50 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:37 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Char | 18:21 – 20:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:08 Gemini
- 11:08 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:33 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