Houston panchang, 19 July 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 12:04 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 20:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam 16:54 – 18:37
- Durmuhurta 18:30 – 19:25
- Rahu Kalam 18:37 – 20:20
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:20 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 17:00, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:30 – 19:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:37 – 20:20
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 20:20 – 22:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 07:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 07:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:42 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:42 – 06:35 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:58 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:17 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:37 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:35 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 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:25 Gemini
- 06:25 – 08:46 Cancer
- 08:46 – 11:05 Leo
- 11:05 – 13:22 Virgo
- 13:22 – 15:43 Libra
- 15:43 – 18:02 Scorpio
- 18:02 – 20:06 Sagittarius
- 20:06 – 21:47 Capricorn
- 21:47 – 23:13 Aquarius
- 23:13 – 00:37 next day Pisces
- 00:37 – 02:11 next day Aries
- 02:11 – 04:06 next day Taurus
- 04:06 – 06:21 next day Gemini
- 06:21 – 06:35 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