Houston panchang, 12 July 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 20:23 Moonrise 04:13 Jyeshtha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 20:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:11
- Gulika Kalam 16:55 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta 18:32 – 19:27
- Rahu Kalam 18:39 – 20:23
- 08:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
20:23 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:23 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:00
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:36
- Karana Vanija until 12:00, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:36 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:32 – 19:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:39 – 20:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:30 – 09:06 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. 05:09 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:23 – 22:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:23 – 21:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:39 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:52 Gemini
- 06:52 – 09:14 Cancer
- 09:14 – 11:32 Leo
- 11:32 – 13:50 Virgo
- 13:50 – 16:10 Libra
- 16:10 – 18:29 Scorpio
- 18:29 – 20:33 Sagittarius
- 20:33 – 22:14 Capricorn
- 22:14 – 23:41 Aquarius
- 23:41 – 01:04 next day Pisces
- 01:04 – 02:39 next day Aries
- 02:39 – 04:34 next day Taurus
- 04:34 – 06:31 next day Gemini
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