Houston panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 14:15 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:19 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:25
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:25 to 07:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:45
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 17:37
- Karana Vishti until 08:45, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:25
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:13 – 01:39 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. 05:22 – 06:18
- 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 17:25 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 09:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:46 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:19 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 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
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 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