Houston panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 19:35 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:11
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:27 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 11:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 16:46
- Karana Gara until 11:56, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:46 – 12:52 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:12 – 08:35 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:20 – 07:16 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 11:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:32 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:27 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
- 06:33 – 07:16 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