Houston panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 06:09 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:45 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:36 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:21
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:24 to 07:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:29
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 04:16 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:29, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:36 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:16 – 06:40 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 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:24 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 08:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:29 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:45 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 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