Houston panchang, 2 August 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 22:35 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 20:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam 16:49 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta 18:24 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam 18:31 – 20:12
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:12 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 12:45
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:59
- Karana Balava until 12:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 12:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:24 – 19:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:31 – 20:12
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 20:12 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:07 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 10:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:05 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:24 – 06:43 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 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:30 Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:51 Cancer
- 07:51 – 10:10 Leo
- 10:10 – 12:27 Virgo
- 12:27 – 14:48 Libra
- 14:48 – 17:07 Scorpio
- 17:07 – 19:11 Sagittarius
- 19:11 – 20:52 Capricorn
- 20:52 – 22:18 Aquarius
- 22:18 – 23:42 Pisces
- 23:42 – 01:16 next day Aries
- 01:16 – 03:11 next day Taurus
- 03:11 – 05:26 next day Gemini
- 05:26 – 06:43 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