Houston panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 10:35 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:22
Night
17:22 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:34 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:34, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:22
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 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:42 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:25 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 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