Houston panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 04:15 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:44 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:06
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 07:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:27, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:06
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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:27 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:11 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:27 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Char | 09:44 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:23 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:11 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
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
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