Houston panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 00:17 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 20:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:06 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:28
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:09 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:41 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:23, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:43 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 15:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:06 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:28
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. 05:20 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:06 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:28 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:35 Cancer
- 07:35 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 14:32 Libra
- 14:32 – 16:51 Scorpio
- 16:51 – 18:55 Sagittarius
- 18:55 – 20:36 Capricorn
- 20:36 – 22:02 Aquarius
- 22:02 – 23:26 Pisces
- 23:26 – 01:00 next day Aries
- 01:00 – 02:55 next day Taurus
- 02:55 – 05:10 next day Gemini
- 05:10 – 06:45 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