Houston panchang, 28 August 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 20:09 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:48
- Durmuhurta 13:48 – 14:39
- Yamaganda 16:34 – 18:10
- 11:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
19:47 to 06:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:47 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:27 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:27
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:06
- Karana Balava until 11:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:48 – 14:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:10
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. 05:28 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:57 – 23:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:57 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:10 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:58 | Good |
| Rog | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 06:58 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
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:09 Cancer
- 06:09 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 10:45 Virgo
- 10:45 – 13:05 Libra
- 13:05 – 15:25 Scorpio
- 15:25 – 17:28 Sagittarius
- 17:28 – 19:10 Capricorn
- 19:10 – 20:36 Aquarius
- 20:36 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:34 Aries
- 23:34 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 06:05 next day Cancer
- 06:05 – 06:58 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