Houston panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:30 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:40
- 12:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:30 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:02 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:56 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:56 – 03:20 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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 04:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 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