Houston panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 20:18 Moonrise 15:55 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 20:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:34
- 08:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
20:18 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:18 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:43
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 08:50
- Karana Taitila until 09:36, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 08:50 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:12 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:34
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 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 20:18 – 22:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 06:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 22:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:12 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:19 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:36 – 22:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:53 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:09 Gemini
- 06:09 – 08:30 Cancer
- 08:30 – 10:49 Leo
- 10:49 – 13:06 Virgo
- 13:06 – 15:27 Libra
- 15:27 – 17:46 Scorpio
- 17:46 – 19:50 Sagittarius
- 19:50 – 21:31 Capricorn
- 21:31 – 22:57 Aquarius
- 22:57 – 00:21 next day Pisces
- 00:21 – 01:55 next day Aries
- 01:55 – 03:50 next day Taurus
- 03:50 – 06:05 next day Gemini
- 06:05 – 06:37 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