Houston panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 09:25 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:23
- 12:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:26 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 00:43 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:00 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:05, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:10 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 11:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:35 – 19:45
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. 05:23 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:02 – 07:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:02 – 07:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:45 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
- 06:44 – 07:14 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