Houston panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 11:48 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 19:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 10:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:59 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:29 – 17:21
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:59 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:59 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:21 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 16:59
- Karana Kaulava until 18:50, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:29 – 17:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:51 – 18:28
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 – 06:08
- 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 19:59 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:28 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:29 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:59 | Good |
| Char | 19:59 – 21:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:52 Cancer
- 06:52 – 09:11 Leo
- 09:11 – 11:28 Virgo
- 11:28 – 13:49 Libra
- 13:49 – 16:08 Scorpio
- 16:08 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 19:53 Capricorn
- 19:53 – 21:19 Aquarius
- 21:19 – 22:43 Pisces
- 22:43 – 00:17 next day Aries
- 00:17 – 02:12 next day Taurus
- 02:12 – 04:27 next day Gemini
- 04:27 – 06:48 next day Cancer
- 06:48 – 06:52 next day Leo
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