Houston panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 14:00 Ashadha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 20:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:15
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 15:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:36
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:19 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 07:55
- Karana Bava until 18:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 15:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:36
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. 05:13 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:19 – 22:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 18:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:18 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:36 | Good |
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:19 – 21:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:36 – 22:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:53 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:17 Gemini
- 06:17 – 08:38 Cancer
- 08:38 – 10:57 Leo
- 10:57 – 13:14 Virgo
- 13:14 – 15:35 Libra
- 15:35 – 17:54 Scorpio
- 17:54 – 19:58 Sagittarius
- 19:58 – 21:39 Capricorn
- 21:39 – 23:05 Aquarius
- 23:05 – 00:29 next day Pisces
- 00:29 – 02:03 next day Aries
- 02:03 – 03:58 next day Taurus
- 03:58 – 06:13 next day Gemini
- 06:13 – 06:36 next day Cancer
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