Houston panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 09:22 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:04
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:21 to 07:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:36 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:47
- Karana Taitila until 13:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:31 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:22 – 03:40 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. 05:17 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:34 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:07 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:32 Scorpio
- 07:32 – 09:35 Sagittarius
- 09:35 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:31 next day Leo
- 00:31 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 07:08 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