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Panchang for Houston — 15 August 2026

Shukla Tritiya tithi, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Saturday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)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 — 06:49 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
TithiShukla Tritiyauntil 06:59 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdaySaturdayLabour, iron, oil, long-term work — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraUttara Phalguni · pada 3until 04:55 PMSthira nakshatra — Griha-pravesh, planting, coronation, long-term & permanent works.
YogaSiddhauntil 06:51 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaGarauntil 06:59 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:49 AM
Sunset08:02 PM
Moonrise09:53 AM
Moonset09:46 PM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:59 PM – 01:51 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:13 AM – 06:01 AM
Amrit Kalam10:34 AM – 12:10 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:07 AM – 11:46 AM
Gulika Kalam06:49 AM – 08:28 AM
Yamaganda03:04 PM – 04:43 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta10:20 AM – 11:13 AM
Durmuhurta03:37 PM – 04:30 PM

Day Choghadiya

Kaal06:49 AM – 08:28 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:28 AM – 10:07 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:07 AM – 11:46 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:46 AM – 01:25 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:25 PM – 03:04 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:04 PM – 04:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:43 PM – 06:22 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal06:22 PM – 08:02 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Laabh08:02 PM – 09:22 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:22 PM – 10:43 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:43 PM – 12:04 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:04 AM – 01:25 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:25 AM – 02:46 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:46 AM – 04:07 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:07 AM – 05:28 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:28 AM – 06:49 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