Houston panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 00:57 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 17:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:51 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta 10:42 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:28
- 13:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:17 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:31 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:59 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:13 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:16, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:17 Moon enters Libra
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:42 – 11:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:28
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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:40 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:51 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Char | 11:07 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 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