Houston panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 07:43 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 20:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:24
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
20:02 to 06:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 22:58
- Karana Bava until 10:12, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:24
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. 05:23 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:02 – 22:12
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:07 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 20:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:23 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:28 – 06:49 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
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:08 Cancer
- 07:08 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:44 Virgo
- 11:44 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:24 Scorpio
- 16:24 – 18:27 Sagittarius
- 18:27 – 20:09 Capricorn
- 20:09 – 21:35 Aquarius
- 21:35 – 22:59 Pisces
- 22:59 – 00:33 next day Aries
- 00:33 – 02:28 next day Taurus
- 02:28 – 04:43 next day Gemini
- 04:43 – 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