Houston panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 09:08 Magha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 13:51
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 15:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:28
- Karana Gara until 15:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:31 – 07:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:11 – 14:58 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:07 – 17:18 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. 05:29 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 02:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:01 Aquarius
- 10:01 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 21:48 Leo
- 21:48 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 07:16 next day Capricorn
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method