Houston panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 08:48 Chaitra month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:30
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
19:32 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:07 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 08:31
- Karana Gara until 13:26, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:07 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:31 – 05:11 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:11 – 06:23 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. 05:49 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:26 – 07:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:07 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:01 – 19:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 05:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:23 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
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:49 – 07:09 Aquarius
- 07:09 – 08:33 Pisces
- 08:33 – 10:07 Aries
- 10:07 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:17 Gemini
- 14:17 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:54 next day Scorpio
- 01:54 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 07:05 next day Aquarius
- 07:05 – 07:23 next day Pisces
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