Houston panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 20:13 Moonrise 22:07 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 20:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:50
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
20:13 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:13 – 22:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:53
- Karana Vishti until 12:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:23 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:46
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:53 – 15:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:50
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. 05:18 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:13 – 22:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:37 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:23 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:13 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:31 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:05 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:24 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:34 Gemini
- 05:34 – 07:55 Cancer
- 07:55 – 10:14 Leo
- 10:14 – 12:31 Virgo
- 12:31 – 14:52 Libra
- 14:52 – 17:11 Scorpio
- 17:11 – 19:14 Sagittarius
- 19:14 – 20:56 Capricorn
- 20:56 – 22:22 Aquarius
- 22:22 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:15 next day Taurus
- 03:15 – 05:30 next day Gemini
- 05:30 – 06:42 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