Houston panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 13:02 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:18 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:35
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:20 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Moon enters Libra
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 08:07
- Karana Vanija until 17:33, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:24 Moon enters Libra
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:39 – 06:35 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. 05:13 – 05:54
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 08:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:18 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 21:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:37 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:54 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:18 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:21 Gemini
- 06:21 – 08:42 Cancer
- 08:42 – 11:01 Leo
- 11:01 – 13:18 Virgo
- 13:18 – 15:39 Libra
- 15:39 – 17:58 Scorpio
- 17:58 – 20:02 Sagittarius
- 20:02 – 21:43 Capricorn
- 21:43 – 23:09 Aquarius
- 23:09 – 00:33 next day Pisces
- 00:33 – 02:07 next day Aries
- 02:07 – 04:02 next day Taurus
- 04:02 – 06:17 next day Gemini
- 06:17 – 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