Houston panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 10:11 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 20:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:01
- 11:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:09 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 00:28 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 06:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:01
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. 05:04 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:42 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:26 – 20:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:11 Aries
- 06:11 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:21 Gemini
- 10:21 – 12:42 Cancer
- 12:42 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 03:09 next day Aquarius
- 03:09 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:07 next day Aries
- 06:07 – 06:26 next day Taurus
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