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Panchang for Houston — 21 August 2026

Shukla Navami tithi, Jyeshtha nakshatra · Friday · 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 — 06:53 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 Navamiuntil 01:06 PMRikta tithi — depleting; reserved for harsh or routine acts.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraJyeshtha · pada 1until 04:19 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVaidhritiuntil 06:48 PMMaha-pata yoga — strongly rejected for all auspicious works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 01:06 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:53 AM
Sunset07:56 PM
Moonrise03:42 PM
Moonset12:43 AM
Moon inScorpio
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:58 PM – 01:50 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:17 AM – 06:05 AM
Amrit Kalam07:19 PM – 09:07 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:46 AM – 01:24 PM
Gulika Kalam08:30 AM – 10:08 AM
Yamaganda04:40 PM – 06:18 PM
Varjyam08:32 AM – 10:20 AM
Durmuhurta12:06 PM – 12:58 PM
Durmuhurta03:35 PM – 04:27 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara06:53 AM – 08:30 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:30 AM – 10:08 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:08 AM – 11:46 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:46 AM – 01:24 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:24 PM – 03:02 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:02 PM – 04:40 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:40 PM – 06:18 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara06:18 PM – 07:56 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog07:56 PM – 09:18 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg09:18 PM – 10:40 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:40 PM – 12:02 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:02 AM – 01:24 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:24 AM – 02:46 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:46 AM – 04:08 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:08 AM – 05:30 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:30 AM – 06:53 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; 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