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Panchang for Houston — 12 October 2026
Shukla Dwitiya tithi, Swati nakshatra · Monday ·
TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)
Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Ashwina (amanta month)Saura month Kanya (Bhadrapada)
A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Houston (29.7604°, -95.3698°)'s own sunrise — 07:21 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.
| | | What it means |
|---|
| Tithi | Shukla Dwitiya | until 11:43 AM | Bhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive. |
| Weekday | Monday | — | Travel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works. |
| Nakshatra | Swati · pada 4 | until 01:22 PM | Chara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works. |
| Yoga | Vishkumbha | until 10:02 AM | Inauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works. |
| Karana | Kaulava | until 11:43 AM | Movable karana — generally workable for most activities. |
What the quality words mean
- Favourable — the texts call this limb supportive
- Mixed — neither specially supportive nor rejected
- Inauspicious — rejected for auspicious undertakings
Sun & Moon
| Sunrise | 07:21 AM |
| Sunset | 06:54 PM |
| Moonrise | 09:22 AM |
| Moonset | 07:52 PM |
| Moon in | Libra |
| Sun in | Virgo |
| Ayana · Ritu (season) | Dakshinayana · Varsha |
Auspicious windows
| Abhijit Muhurta | 12:44 PM – 01:30 PM |
| Brahma Muhurta | 05:42 AM – 06:31 AM |
| Amrit Kalam | 05:44 AM, Oct 13 – 07:27 AM, Oct 13 |
Inauspicious — avoid
| Rahu Kalam | 08:47 AM – 10:14 AM |
| Gulika Kalam | 02:34 PM – 04:00 PM |
| Yamaganda | 11:40 AM – 01:07 PM |
| Varjyam | 07:24 PM – 09:07 PM |
| Durmuhurta | 01:31 PM – 02:17 PM |
| Durmuhurta | 03:49 PM – 04:36 PM |
Day Choghadiya
| | |
|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 AM – 08:47 AM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Kaal | 08:47 AM – 10:14 AM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 10:14 AM – 11:40 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Rog | 11:40 AM – 01:07 PM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Udveg | 01:07 PM – 02:34 PM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Chara | 02:34 PM – 04:00 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Laabh | 04:00 PM – 05:27 PM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Amrit | 05:27 PM – 06:54 PM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
Night Choghadiya
| Chara | 06:54 PM – 08:27 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Rog | 08:27 PM – 10:01 PM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Kaal | 10:01 PM – 11:34 PM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Laabh | 11:34 PM – 01:08 AM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Udveg | 01:08 AM – 02:41 AM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 02:41 AM – 04:15 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Amrit | 04:15 AM – 05:48 AM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Chara | 05:48 AM – 07:22 AM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
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Sources & citations
❖ P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
❖ T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
❖ T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
❖ T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
❖ T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
❖ T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
❖ T2 Durmuhurta — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.52 (ravav aryama brahmarakshash ca some kuje vahnipitrye budhe cabhijit syat; gurau toyarakshau bhrigau brahmapitrye shanav ishasarpau muhurta nishiddhah), the slots numbered from the day-muhurta list v.50 and the night list v.51; Tuesday's Vahni is the night muhurta (the day list holds only the joint Indragni)
❖ T2 Visha (Varjyam) ghatis per nakshatra — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana vv.47–49, scaled to the nakshatra's true span (nakshatrabhogena nighnah shashtya bhajitah sphutah, v.49); Prasna Marga's table differs in Ardra, Hasta and Mula
❖ T2 Ravi yoga — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana v.27: the Moon's nakshatra 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's (doshasanghavinashakah); windowed at the nakshatra boundaries of either body
❖ T2 Bhadra (Vishti karana) and her abode — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana vv.43–45: which tithi-halves are Vishti; Moon in Kumbha/Mina/Karka/Simha = the mortal world (harmful), Mesha/Vrisha/Mithuna/Vrishchika = Svarga, Kanya/Tula/Dhanu/Makara = Patala (yatra bhadra tatraiva tatphalam)
❖ T2 Pancha-bana — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.71 (the Prachya rule, Kashyapa quoted): the Sun's whole degrees in its sign + 6, 3, 1, 8, 4, each divided by 9, a remainder of 5 marks Roga, Agni, Raja, Chora, Mrityu; parihara v.72
❖ T2 Agni-vasa — Muhurta Chintamani, Nakshatra-prakarana v.36: tithi + vara + 1 divided by four; remainder 0 or 3 Prithvi, 1 Akasha, 2 Patala
❖ T2 Sandhya = three nadi reckoned from the Sun's half-disc, before rising and after setting — Muhurta Chintamani, Sankranti-prakarana v.7; taken as three proportional night-ghatis (night/30 each) following DrikPanchang's convention. Godhuli width (one night-ghati after sunset), Vijaya (the 11th day-muhurta) and Nishita (the middle night-muhurta; nishitha = ardharatra) are stated conventions, not verses
❖ T3 Chandra-vasa (by the Moon's rashi), Rahu-vasa (by weekday) and Shiva-vasa ((2×tithi + 5) mod 7) — pancanga conventions verified against 30 published tithi-days; no verse for them in our library, so they are not cited to one