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Panchang for Houston — 20 October 2026

Shukla Dashami tithi, Shravana nakshatra · Tuesday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Tula (Ashvina)

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 — 07:26 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 Dashamiuntil 03:42 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayTuesdayCourage, surgery, property, disputes — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraShravana · pada 4until 07:32 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaShulauntil 02:20 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaTaitilauntil 03:06 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:26 AM
Sunset06:46 PM
Moonrise03:41 PM
Moonset01:50 AM
Moon inCapricorn
Sun inLibra
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Sharad

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:43 PM – 01:28 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:50 AM – 06:38 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam03:56 PM – 05:21 PM
Gulika Kalam01:06 PM – 02:31 PM
Yamaganda10:16 AM – 11:41 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta11:58 AM – 12:43 PM
Durmuhurta02:59 PM – 03:44 PM

Day Choghadiya

Rog07:26 AM – 08:51 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:51 AM – 10:16 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:16 AM – 11:41 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:41 AM – 01:06 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:06 PM – 02:31 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:31 PM – 03:56 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:56 PM – 05:21 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:21 PM – 06:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Kaal06:46 PM – 08:21 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:21 PM – 09:56 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog09:56 PM – 11:31 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:31 PM – 01:06 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:06 AM – 02:41 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:41 AM – 04:16 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:16 AM – 05:51 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal05:51 AM – 07:26 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; 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