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Panchang for Houston — 16 October 2026

Shukla Shashthi tithi, Mula nakshatra · Friday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Kanya (Bhadrapada)

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 — 07:24 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 Shashthiuntil 07:24 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraMula · pada 2until 11:17 PMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShobhanauntil 11:35 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKaulavauntil 06:08 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:24 AM
Sunset06:50 PM
Moonrise01:06 PM
Moonset10:59 PM
Moon inSagittarius
Sun inVirgo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:44 PM – 01:29 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:48 AM – 06:36 AM
Amrit Kalam05:28 PM – 07:17 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:41 AM – 01:07 PM
Gulika Kalam08:49 AM – 10:15 AM
Yamaganda03:58 PM – 05:24 PM
Varjyam06:40 AM – 08:28 AM
Durmuhurta11:58 AM – 12:44 PM
Durmuhurta03:01 PM – 03:47 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:24 AM – 08:49 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:49 AM – 10:15 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:15 AM – 11:41 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:41 AM – 01:07 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:07 PM – 02:32 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:32 PM – 03:58 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:58 PM – 05:24 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara05:24 PM – 06:50 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:50 PM – 08:24 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:24 PM – 09:58 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:58 PM – 11:32 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:32 PM – 01:07 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:07 AM – 02:41 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:41 AM – 04:15 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:15 AM – 05:49 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:49 AM – 07:24 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