Houston panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 16:07 Ashwin month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 18:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:30
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:43 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:18 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 14:03
- Karana Vanija until 16:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:06 – 04:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:28 – 09:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:33 – 10:42
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. 05:46 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 21:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:18 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:28 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 09:33 Libra
- 09:33 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 15:37 Capricorn
- 15:37 – 17:04 Aquarius
- 17:04 – 18:27 Pisces
- 18:27 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:11 next day Gemini
- 00:11 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 07:09 next day Virgo
- 07:09 – 07:28 next day Libra
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