Houston panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 20:28 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:20
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:20 to 07:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 08:37
- Karana Bava until 17:39, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:15 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:16 – 02:14 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. 05:15 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:41 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:22 – 09:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:39 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:05 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
- 07:05 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:27 Libra
- 05:27 – 07:46 Scorpio
- 07:46 – 09:50 Sagittarius
- 09:50 – 11:32 Capricorn
- 11:32 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 15:56 Aries
- 15:56 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 20:06 Gemini
- 20:06 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 03:03 next day Virgo
- 03:03 – 05:23 next day Libra
- 05:23 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
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