Houston panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 17:07 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:37
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:26 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 01:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:37
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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 17:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:41 next day Scorpio
- 06:41 – 07:15 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