Houston panchang, 6 December 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 05:00 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:20
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:20 to 07:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 14:52
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:18 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:16
- Karana Vanija until 14:52, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:44 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:20
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:04 – 04:18 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:18 – 07:04 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. 05:14 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:04 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:21 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:21 – 07:04 next day | Good |
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
- 07:04 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:32 Libra
- 05:32 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:36 Capricorn
- 11:36 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 00:50 next day Leo
- 00:50 – 03:08 next day Virgo
- 03:08 – 05:28 next day Libra
- 05:28 – 07:04 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