Houston panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 21:54 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:28
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:28 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:28 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:03 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:23
- Karana Kaulava until 16:31, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:28
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. 05:26 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:12 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:06 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 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