Houston panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 07:49 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:30
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:21 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 21:54
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:54 – 00:18 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. 05:16 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:16 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:39 next day Leo
- 00:39 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 07:07 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