Houston panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 20:36 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 20:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 15:09
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
20:15 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:35
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:13 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 13:27
- Karana Bava until 09:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:09
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. 05:17 – 05:58
- 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 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:15 – 22:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:33 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:46 Gemini
- 05:46 – 08:07 Cancer
- 08:07 – 10:25 Leo
- 10:25 – 12:43 Virgo
- 12:43 – 15:03 Libra
- 15:03 – 17:23 Scorpio
- 17:23 – 19:26 Sagittarius
- 19:26 – 21:08 Capricorn
- 21:08 – 22:34 Aquarius
- 22:34 – 23:58 Pisces
- 23:58 – 01:32 next day Aries
- 01:32 – 03:27 next day Taurus
- 03:27 – 05:42 next day Gemini
- 05:42 – 06:40 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