Houston panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 22:58 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 17:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:26
- 14:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:29 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:13 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:00 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:55 – 10:07 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. 05:26 – 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 17:29 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 01:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:13 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:29 | Good |
| Char | 17:29 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 07:17 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