Houston panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:06 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:20
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:06 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:22 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 02:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:08 – 03:20 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. 05:19 – 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 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:22 | Good |
| Char | 17:22 – 19:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:06 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 07:10 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 07:10 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