Houston panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 06:36 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 20:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 15:05
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:36 Moon enters Leo
Night
20:03 to 06:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 01:46 next day
- Karana Naga until 12:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:36 Moon enters Leo
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:46 – 12:22 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 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 22:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:24 – 20:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:12 Cancer
- 07:12 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 11:48 Virgo
- 11:48 – 14:08 Libra
- 14:08 – 16:28 Scorpio
- 16:28 – 18:31 Sagittarius
- 18:31 – 20:13 Capricorn
- 20:13 – 21:39 Aquarius
- 21:39 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:47 next day Gemini
- 04:47 – 06:49 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