Houston panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 23:58 Margashirsha month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:19 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:50 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:13
- 10:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:30 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:06 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 04:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:07 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:11 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:55 – 10:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:19 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:13
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) 12:03 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 04:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:06 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:33 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Char | 09:50 – 11:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:07 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:07 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:40 Gemini
- 18:40 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 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