Houston panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 11:05 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:54
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:21 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 10:15
- Karana Balava until 17:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:15 – 21:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:30 – 06:34 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. 05:12 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:21 – 22:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:17 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:21 – 21:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:37 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:29 Gemini
- 06:29 – 08:50 Cancer
- 08:50 – 11:09 Leo
- 11:09 – 13:26 Virgo
- 13:26 – 15:47 Libra
- 15:47 – 18:06 Scorpio
- 18:06 – 20:10 Sagittarius
- 20:10 – 21:51 Capricorn
- 21:51 – 23:17 Aquarius
- 23:17 – 00:41 next day Pisces
- 00:41 – 02:15 next day Aries
- 02:15 – 04:10 next day Taurus
- 04:10 – 06:25 next day Gemini
- 06:25 – 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