Houston panchang, 22 July 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 14:57 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 20:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- 07:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
20:19 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:33
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:12
- Karana Balava until 07:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:22 – 09:34
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. 05:14 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:19 – 22:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:33 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:19 – 21:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:36 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:13 Gemini
- 06:13 – 08:34 Cancer
- 08:34 – 10:53 Leo
- 10:53 – 13:10 Virgo
- 13:10 – 15:31 Libra
- 15:31 – 17:50 Scorpio
- 17:50 – 19:54 Sagittarius
- 19:54 – 21:35 Capricorn
- 21:35 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 00:25 next day Pisces
- 00:25 – 01:59 next day Aries
- 01:59 – 03:54 next day Taurus
- 03:54 – 06:09 next day Gemini
- 06:09 – 06:36 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