Houston panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 23:39 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 20:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:19
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 15:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:29
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:24 Moon enters Aries
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:10 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 11:33
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:03
- Karana Vanija until 11:33, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:24 Moon enters Aries
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:03 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:29
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 11:33 – 06:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:54 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:54 – 03:53 next day
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. 05:19 – 06:01
- 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 20:10 – 22:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:24 – 11:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:24 – 06:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:24 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:24 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:29 | Good |
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:44 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
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:43 Cancer
- 07:43 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 12:19 Virgo
- 12:19 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 16:59 Scorpio
- 16:59 – 19:03 Sagittarius
- 19:03 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 22:10 Aquarius
- 22:10 – 23:34 Pisces
- 23:34 – 01:08 next day Aries
- 01:08 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:18 next day Gemini
- 05:18 – 06:44 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