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Panchang for Houston — 12 August 2026

Krishna Amavasya tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Wednesday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

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 — 06:47 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 Amavasyauntil 12:36 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 2until 07:36 PMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVariyanauntil 01:46 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaNagauntil 12:36 PMFixed karana — harsh / cruel deeds only.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:47 AM
Sunset08:05 PM
Moonrise06:39 AM
Moonset08:11 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:11 AM – 05:59 AM
Amrit Kalam06:55 PM – 08:23 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:26 PM – 03:05 PM
Gulika Kalam11:46 AM – 01:26 PM
Yamaganda08:26 AM – 10:06 AM
Varjyam10:02 AM – 11:31 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:59 PM – 01:52 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta10:19 AM – 11:13 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh06:47 AM – 08:26 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:26 AM – 10:06 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:06 AM – 11:46 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:46 AM – 01:26 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:26 PM – 03:05 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:05 PM – 04:45 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:45 PM – 06:25 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:25 PM – 08:05 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg08:05 PM – 09:25 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:25 PM – 10:45 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:45 PM – 12:05 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:05 AM – 01:26 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:26 AM – 02:46 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:46 AM – 04:06 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:06 AM – 05:26 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:26 AM – 06:47 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts

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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