Houston panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 20:22 Moonrise 08:58 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 20:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:09 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:36
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:22 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:22 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:52
- Karana Taitila until 09:06, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:09 – 12:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:52 – 12:16 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 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. 05:11 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:22 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:22 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:16 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 21:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:38 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:37 Gemini
- 06:37 – 08:58 Cancer
- 08:58 – 11:16 Leo
- 11:16 – 13:34 Virgo
- 13:34 – 15:55 Libra
- 15:55 – 18:14 Scorpio
- 18:14 – 20:17 Sagittarius
- 20:17 – 21:59 Capricorn
- 21:59 – 23:25 Aquarius
- 23:25 – 00:49 next day Pisces
- 00:49 – 02:23 next day Aries
- 02:23 – 04:18 next day Taurus
- 04:18 – 06:33 next day Gemini
- 06:33 – 06:33 next day Cancer
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