Houston panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:31 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:21
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:23 to 07:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:21
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:40 – 07:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:40 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:12 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