Houston panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 13:01 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:07
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:24 to 07:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:05
- Karana Kaulava until 11:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:05 – 09:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 11:44 – 04:28 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. 05:21 – 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 17:24 – 20:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:12 – 11:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 04:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:28 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 07:00 next day Scorpio
- 07:00 – 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