Houston panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 07:56 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:46 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 14:52
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:25 to 07:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:05 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:52
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. 05:22 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 09:46 | Good |
| Rog | 09:46 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:13 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