Houston panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:01 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta 07:08 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam 09:41 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:48
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:21 to 07:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:08 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:44 – 04:20 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. 05:18 – 06:13
- 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 07:08 – 18:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:08 – 05:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:42 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:08 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:25 – 09:41 | Good |
| Rog | 09:41 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:25 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 07:09 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