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Panchang for Houston — 18 June 2026
Shukla Chaturthi tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Thursday ·
TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)
Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (2/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Jyeshtha (amanta month)Saura month Mithuna (Jyeshtha)
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 — 06:21 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 Chaturthi | until 08:29 AM | Rikta tithi — depleting; reserved for harsh or routine acts. |
| Weekday | Thursday | — | Most auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children. |
| Nakshatra | Ashlesha · pada 1 | until 11:37 PM | Tikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas. |
| Yoga | Vyaghata | until 07:05 AM | Inauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works. |
| Karana | Vishti | until 08:29 AM | Viṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds. |
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 | 06:21 AM |
| Sunset | 08:25 PM |
| Moonrise | 10:15 AM |
| Moonset | 11:47 PM |
| Moon in | Cancer |
| Sun in | Gemini |
| Ayana · Ritu (season) | Uttarayana · Grishma |
Auspicious windows
| Abhijit Muhurta | 12:54 PM – 01:51 PM |
| Brahma Muhurta | 05:01 AM – 05:41 AM |
| Amrit Kalam | 10:06 PM – 11:37 PM |
Inauspicious — avoid
| Rahu Kalam | 03:08 PM – 04:54 PM |
| Gulika Kalam | 09:52 AM – 11:37 AM |
| Yamaganda | 06:21 AM – 08:06 AM |
| Varjyam | 01:05 PM – 02:35 PM |
| Durmuhurta | 11:02 AM – 11:58 AM |
| Durmuhurta | 04:40 PM – 05:36 PM |
Day Choghadiya
| | |
|---|
| Shubh | 06:21 AM – 08:06 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Rog | 08:06 AM – 09:52 AM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Udveg | 09:52 AM – 11:37 AM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Chara | 11:37 AM – 01:23 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Laabh | 01:23 PM – 03:08 PM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Amrit | 03:08 PM – 04:54 PM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Kaal | 04:54 PM – 06:39 PM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 06:39 PM – 08:25 PM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
Night Choghadiya
| Amrit | 08:25 PM – 09:39 PM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Chara | 09:39 PM – 10:54 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Rog | 10:54 PM – 12:08 AM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Kaal | 12:08 AM – 01:23 AM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Laabh | 01:23 AM – 02:37 AM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Udveg | 02:37 AM – 03:52 AM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 03:52 AM – 05:06 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Amrit | 05:06 AM – 06:21 AM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
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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