Houston panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 21:41 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 19:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:10
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:54 Moon enters Aries
Night
19:43 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:12
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 15:20
- Karana Bava until 09:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:10
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. 05:29 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:43 | Good |
| Char | 19:43 – 21:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 06:59 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
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:33 Virgo
- 10:33 – 12:54 Libra
- 12:54 – 15:13 Scorpio
- 15:13 – 17:17 Sagittarius
- 17:17 – 18:58 Capricorn
- 18:58 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:53 next day Cancer
- 05:53 – 06:59 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