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Panchang for Houston — 4 April 2026

Krishna Tritiya tithi, Swati nakshatra · Saturday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Meena (Phalguna)

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 — 07:07 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
TithiKrishna Tritiyauntil 01:30 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdaySaturdayLabour, iron, oil, long-term work — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraSwati · pada 4until 11:05 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaVajrauntil 04:13 AMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaVanijauntil 12:32 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:07 AM
Sunset07:42 PM
Moonrise10:31 PM
Moonset08:12 AM
Moon inLibra
Sun inPisces
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Shishira

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:59 PM – 01:49 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:31 AM – 06:19 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:15 AM – 11:50 AM
Gulika Kalam07:07 AM – 08:41 AM
Yamaganda02:58 PM – 04:33 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta10:28 AM – 11:18 AM
Durmuhurta03:30 PM – 04:20 PM

Day Choghadiya

Kaal07:07 AM – 08:41 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:41 AM – 10:15 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:15 AM – 11:50 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:50 AM – 01:24 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:24 PM – 02:58 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:58 PM – 04:33 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:33 PM – 06:07 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal06:07 PM – 07:42 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Laabh07:42 PM – 09:07 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:07 PM – 10:33 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:33 PM – 11:58 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:58 PM – 01:24 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:24 AM – 02:50 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:50 AM – 04:15 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:15 AM – 05:41 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:41 AM – 07:07 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures

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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)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle