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Panchang for Houston — 19 August 2026

Shukla Saptami tithi, Vishakha nakshatra · Wednesday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Simha (Shravana)

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 — 06:51 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 Saptamiuntil 08:50 AMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraVishakha · pada 2until 10:38 PMMishra nakshatra — Mixed results; fire-rituals and routine works.
YogaBrahmauntil 05:14 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVanijauntil 08:50 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:51 AM
Sunset07:58 PM
Moonrise01:49 PM
Moonset12:00 AM
Moon inLibra
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:15 AM – 06:03 AM
Amrit Kalam01:47 PM – 03:33 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:24 PM – 03:02 PM
Gulika Kalam11:46 AM – 01:24 PM
Yamaganda08:29 AM – 10:07 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta12:58 PM – 01:50 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta10:20 AM – 11:13 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh06:51 AM – 08:29 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:29 AM – 10:07 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:07 AM – 11:46 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:46 AM – 01:24 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:24 PM – 03:02 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:02 PM – 04:41 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:41 PM – 06:19 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:19 PM – 07:58 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg07:58 PM – 09:19 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:19 PM – 10:41 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:41 PM – 12:02 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:02 AM – 01:24 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:24 AM – 02:46 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:46 AM – 04:07 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:07 AM – 05:29 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:29 AM – 06:51 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts

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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