Houston panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 17:59 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:49
- Durmuhurta 13:49 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:16
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:51 to 06:55 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:51
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:11
- Karana Balava until 19:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:49 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:55 – 09:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:58 – 05:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 06:55 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. 05:27 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:51 | Good |
| Char | 19:51 – 21:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 08:43 Leo
- 08:43 – 11:01 Virgo
- 11:01 – 13:21 Libra
- 13:21 – 15:40 Scorpio
- 15:40 – 17:44 Sagittarius
- 17:44 – 19:25 Capricorn
- 19:25 – 20:52 Aquarius
- 20:52 – 22:15 Pisces
- 22:15 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 06:21 next day Cancer
- 06:21 – 06:55 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