Houston panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 14:43 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:19
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:55 to 06:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:55 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 10:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:55 – 18:48 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 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 19:55 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 01:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:23 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:18 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:40 Cancer
- 06:40 – 08:59 Leo
- 08:59 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:37 Libra
- 13:37 – 15:56 Scorpio
- 15:56 – 18:00 Sagittarius
- 18:00 – 19:41 Capricorn
- 19:41 – 21:07 Aquarius
- 21:07 – 22:31 Pisces
- 22:31 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:00 next day Taurus
- 02:00 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 06:36 next day Cancer
- 06:36 – 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