Houston panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 05:12 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:34
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:23 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:37 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:35 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:03, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:35 – 05:35 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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:11 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:12 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 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 07:12 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