Houston panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 13:45 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 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:02
- 08:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:56 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 17:14
- Karana Vanija until 08:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:02
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:38 – 06:53 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. 05:25 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 08:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:38 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 06:53 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 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 11:20 Virgo
- 11:20 – 13:41 Libra
- 13:41 – 16:00 Scorpio
- 16:00 – 18:04 Sagittarius
- 18:04 – 19:45 Capricorn
- 19:45 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 00:09 next day Aries
- 00:09 – 02:04 next day Taurus
- 02:04 – 04:19 next day Gemini
- 04:19 – 06:40 next day Cancer
- 06:40 – 06:53 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