Houston panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 10:04 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 20:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:50
- Yamaganda 16:54 – 18:38
- 07:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:21 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:13
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:16
- Karana Vanija until 07:00, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:00 – 18:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:38
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 08:05
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 20:21 – 22:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 08:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:05 – 06:34 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:05 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:38 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:33 Gemini
- 06:33 – 08:54 Cancer
- 08:54 – 11:13 Leo
- 11:13 – 13:30 Virgo
- 13:30 – 15:51 Libra
- 15:51 – 18:10 Scorpio
- 18:10 – 20:13 Sagittarius
- 20:13 – 21:55 Capricorn
- 21:55 – 23:21 Aquarius
- 23:21 – 00:45 next day Pisces
- 00:45 – 02:19 next day Aries
- 02:19 – 04:14 next day Taurus
- 04:14 – 06:29 next day Gemini
- 06:29 – 06:34 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