Houston panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 15:02 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:25 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 14:02
- Karana Kaulava until 16:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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. 05:23 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:15 – 07:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:15 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:30 – 07:14 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 07:14 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