Houston panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 08:48 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:45
- Yamaganda 16:43 – 18:22
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:02 to 06:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:04 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 20:39
- Karana Kaulava until 08:17, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:04 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:22
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 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 17:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:49 – 17:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:12 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:49 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Char | 18:22 – 20:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:08 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 09:22 Leo
- 09:22 – 11:40 Virgo
- 11:40 – 14:01 Libra
- 14:01 – 16:20 Scorpio
- 16:20 – 18:23 Sagittarius
- 18:23 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 21:31 Aquarius
- 21:31 – 22:55 Pisces
- 22:55 – 00:29 next day Aries
- 00:29 – 02:24 next day Taurus
- 02:24 – 04:39 next day Gemini
- 04:39 – 06:50 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