Houston panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 11:20 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 20:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:00 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:25
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:10 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:49
- Karana Kaulava until 08:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:00 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:13 – 13:10
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. 05:04 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:26 – 16:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 16:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 20:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:10 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:27 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:54 Scorpio
- 21:54 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 06:03 next day Aries
- 06:03 – 06:25 next day Taurus
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