Houston panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 10:49 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 20:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 15:04
- Gulika Kalam 16:42 – 18:21
- Durmuhurta 18:14 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam 18:21 – 20:00
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:00 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:30 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:38
- Karana Bava until 18:21, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:14 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:21 – 20:00
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:50 – 17:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:31 – 06:38 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. 05:24 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:59 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 17:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:20 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 10:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 06:51 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 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:56 Cancer
- 06:56 – 09:15 Leo
- 09:15 – 11:32 Virgo
- 11:32 – 13:53 Libra
- 13:53 – 16:12 Scorpio
- 16:12 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 19:57 Capricorn
- 19:57 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 22:47 Pisces
- 22:47 – 00:21 next day Aries
- 00:21 – 02:16 next day Taurus
- 02:16 – 04:31 next day Gemini
- 04:31 – 06:51 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