Houston panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 09:49 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 20:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:43
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
20:01 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 18:51
- Karana Gara until 06:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:43
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 16:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:55 – 06:50 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. 05:23 – 06:07
- 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 20:01 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 16:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:08 | Good |
| Rog | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:00 Cancer
- 07:00 – 09:19 Leo
- 09:19 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 13:57 Libra
- 13:57 – 16:16 Scorpio
- 16:16 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 20:01 Capricorn
- 20:01 – 21:27 Aquarius
- 21:27 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 00:25 next day Aries
- 00:25 – 02:20 next day Taurus
- 02:20 – 04:35 next day Gemini
- 04:35 – 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