Houston panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 15:38 Shravana month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 19:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:50
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:42
- Yamaganda 16:39 – 18:17
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:54 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:54 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:19 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:48
- Karana Kaulava until 13:06, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:55 – 18:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:48 – 20:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:53 – 04:19 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. 05:26 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 22:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:36 Cancer
- 06:36 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 11:12 Virgo
- 11:12 – 13:33 Libra
- 13:33 – 15:52 Scorpio
- 15:52 – 17:56 Sagittarius
- 17:56 – 19:37 Capricorn
- 19:37 – 21:03 Aquarius
- 21:03 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 00:01 next day Aries
- 00:01 – 01:56 next day Taurus
- 01:56 – 04:11 next day Gemini
- 04:11 – 06:33 next day Cancer
- 06:33 – 06:54 next day Leo
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