Houston panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:02 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:33
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:23 to 07:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:51 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:16 – 21:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:43 – 23:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:51 – 00:49 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:23 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:11 – 11:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
- 07:08 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
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