Houston panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 03:03 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:03
- 11:32 Moon enters Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:20 to 07:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:23
- Karana Balava until 12:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:32 Moon enters Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:03
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. 05:13 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 12:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:02 – 08:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:20 – 07:03 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
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:40 Libra
- 05:40 – 07:59 Scorpio
- 07:59 – 10:03 Sagittarius
- 10:03 – 11:44 Capricorn
- 11:44 – 13:11 Aquarius
- 13:11 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:18 Gemini
- 20:18 – 22:40 Cancer
- 22:40 – 00:58 next day Leo
- 00:58 – 03:16 next day Virgo
- 03:16 – 05:36 next day Libra
- 05:36 – 07:03 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