Houston panchang, 21 January 2027
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 17:06 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 13:51 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:42
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:40 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:48 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 06:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:20 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:00, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:40 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:20 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 06:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 06:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:38 – 07:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:40 – 20:08
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. 05:29 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 22:55
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 22:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:00 – 06:17 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 22:55 – 07:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:55 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Char | 11:14 – 12:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:32 – 13:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:51 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:29 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:32 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 07:17 next day Capricorn
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method