Houston panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 10:35 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:37
- 08:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 03:43 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:32 – 05:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:15 – 20:48
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. 05:24 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:48 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:36 next day Scorpio
- 06:36 – 07:15 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