Houston panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 10:08 Vaishakha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 19:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:17
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:13
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:51 to 06:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:38
- Karana Balava until 14:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:13
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. 05:21 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:28 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:49 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:27 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:13 | Good |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:26 – 06:48 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
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:49 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:31 Pisces
- 06:31 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:00 Taurus
- 10:00 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:33 Libra
- 21:33 – 23:52 Scorpio
- 23:52 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:03 next day Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:27 next day Pisces
- 06:27 – 06:48 next day Aries
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