Houston panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 04:12 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 20:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:26
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:05 to 06:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 07:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:24 – 04:53 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. 05:22 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:05 – 22:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:39 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 20:05 | Good |
| Char | 20:05 – 21:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:27 – 06:48 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:20 Cancer
- 07:20 – 09:38 Leo
- 09:38 – 11:56 Virgo
- 11:56 – 14:16 Libra
- 14:16 – 16:35 Scorpio
- 16:35 – 18:39 Sagittarius
- 18:39 – 20:20 Capricorn
- 20:20 – 21:47 Aquarius
- 21:47 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:45 next day Aries
- 00:45 – 02:40 next day Taurus
- 02:40 – 04:55 next day Gemini
- 04:55 – 06:48 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