Houston panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 01:07 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:28
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:20 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:28
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. 05:11 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:53 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:01 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
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:48 Libra
- 05:48 – 08:07 Scorpio
- 08:07 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 11:52 Capricorn
- 11:52 – 13:18 Aquarius
- 13:18 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:48 Cancer
- 22:48 – 01:06 next day Leo
- 01:06 – 03:24 next day Virgo
- 03:24 – 05:44 next day Libra
- 05:44 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
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