Houston panchang, 7 December 2026
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 05:58 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:21 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:17
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:43 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:20 to 07:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 16:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:46 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:36
- Karana Shakuni until 16:43, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:43 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:17
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. 05:15 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:04 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:21 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:20 | Good |
| Char | 17:20 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 07:05 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:28 Libra
- 05:28 – 07:48 Scorpio
- 07:48 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 11:33 Capricorn
- 11:33 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:07 Gemini
- 20:07 – 22:28 Cancer
- 22:28 – 00:46 next day Leo
- 00:46 – 03:04 next day Virgo
- 03:04 – 05:24 next day Libra
- 05:24 – 07:05 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