Houston panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 12:46 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 19:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:21
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 15:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:19
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:58 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:21
- Nakshatra Swati until 20:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 16:53
- Karana Taitila until 07:21, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:19
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. 05:25 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:30 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:19 | Good |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:48 Cancer
- 06:48 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:24 Virgo
- 11:24 – 13:45 Libra
- 13:45 – 16:04 Scorpio
- 16:04 – 18:08 Sagittarius
- 18:08 – 19:49 Capricorn
- 19:49 – 21:15 Aquarius
- 21:15 – 22:39 Pisces
- 22:39 – 00:13 next day Aries
- 00:13 – 02:08 next day Taurus
- 02:08 – 04:23 next day Gemini
- 04:23 – 06:44 next day Cancer
- 06:44 – 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