Houston panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 21:36 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 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:18
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:21 to 07:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 03:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:03 – 01:16 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 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 15:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:06 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:23 Libra
- 05:23 – 07:43 Scorpio
- 07:43 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:59 next day Virgo
- 02:59 – 05:20 next day Libra
- 05:20 – 07:06 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