Houston panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 18:21 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:48 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta 10:39 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:24
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 20:58
- Karana Kaulava until 15:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:39 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 14:17
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 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 17:27 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:17 – 07:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:17 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:48 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Char | 11:04 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:37 next day Scorpio
- 06:37 – 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