Houston panchang, 13 July 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 20:23 Moonrise 05:22 Jyeshtha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 20:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:54
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:36
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:20 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:30 Karana becomes Naga
Night
20:23 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:23 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:27 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:20, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:20 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:30 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:43 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:36
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 – 05:50
- 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
| Amrit | 06:31 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:23 | Good |
| Char | 20:23 – 21:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:39 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:49 Gemini
- 06:49 – 09:10 Cancer
- 09:10 – 11:28 Leo
- 11:28 – 13:46 Virgo
- 13:46 – 16:06 Libra
- 16:06 – 18:25 Scorpio
- 18:25 – 20:29 Sagittarius
- 20:29 – 22:10 Capricorn
- 22:10 – 23:37 Aquarius
- 23:37 – 01:00 next day Pisces
- 01:00 – 02:35 next day Aries
- 02:35 – 04:30 next day Taurus
- 04:30 – 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