Houston panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 06:55 Kartika month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:39 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:04
Night
17:21 to 07:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:09
- Karana Naga until 18:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 10:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:09 – 23:09
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 17:21 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:22 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Char | 09:39 – 10:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:56 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:13 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:56 – 03:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:24 Libra
- 05:24 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 11:29 Capricorn
- 11:29 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 03:00 next day Virgo
- 03:00 – 05:21 next day Libra
- 05:21 – 07:06 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