Houston panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:34 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:16 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:06
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:22 to 07:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:49
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 02:16 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:49, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:06
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 02:32 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:32 – 07:11 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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- 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 22:55 – 02:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:26 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:16 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:06 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:16 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:00 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:32 next day Virgo
- 02:32 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:11 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