Houston panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 11:35 Pausha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:11
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:28 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:01, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:31 – 00:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:40 – 13:09 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:32 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 07:16 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