Houston panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 01:03 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 20:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:47
- Yamaganda 16:47 – 18:28
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:08 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:29 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:32
- Karana Vanija until 16:51, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:26 – 10:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:32 – 02:08 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. 05:20 – 06:03
- 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 20:08 – 22:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:29 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:45 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 10:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:06 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Char | 18:28 – 20:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:31 Cancer
- 07:31 – 09:50 Leo
- 09:50 – 12:07 Virgo
- 12:07 – 14:28 Libra
- 14:28 – 16:47 Scorpio
- 16:47 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:32 Capricorn
- 20:32 – 21:58 Aquarius
- 21:58 – 23:22 Pisces
- 23:22 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 02:51 next day Taurus
- 02:51 – 05:06 next day Gemini
- 05:06 – 06:46 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