Houston panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 19:09 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:59
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
19:49 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:49 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 22:39
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:25
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:25 – 23:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:05 – 11:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:18 – 06:57 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 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 14:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:09 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:17 Cancer
- 06:17 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 10:53 Virgo
- 10:53 – 13:13 Libra
- 13:13 – 15:32 Scorpio
- 15:32 – 17:36 Sagittarius
- 17:36 – 19:18 Capricorn
- 19:18 – 20:44 Aquarius
- 20:44 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 06:13 next day Cancer
- 06:13 – 06:57 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