Houston panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 13:35 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 14:51
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:24 to 07:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:39
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 03:25 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 20:40
- Karana Gara until 10:39, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:51
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. 05:22 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 03:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:29 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 07:13 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