Houston panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 09:13 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 07:41 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:24
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:37 Moon enters Aries
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:14 to 06:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 01:38 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:37 Moon enters Aries
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:41 – 08:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:56 – 07:37
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. 05:14 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 07:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:21 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:10 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Char | 12:35 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:34 – 02:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:09 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:55 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 06:33 Capricorn
- 06:33 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:23 Pisces
- 09:23 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 12:52 Taurus
- 12:52 – 15:07 Gemini
- 15:07 – 17:28 Cancer
- 17:28 – 19:47 Leo
- 19:47 – 22:04 Virgo
- 22:04 – 00:25 next day Libra
- 00:25 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:47 next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:29 next day Capricorn
- 06:29 – 06:55 next day Aquarius
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