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Panchang for Houston — 19 December 2026

Shukla Dashami tithi, Ashwini nakshatra · Saturday · TX (29.7604°, -95.3698°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

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 — 07:11 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 10:39 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdaySaturdayLabour, iron, oil, long-term work — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraAshwini · pada 1until 03:25 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaParighauntil 08:40 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaGarauntil 10:39 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:11 AM
Sunset05:26 PM
Moonrise01:38 PM
Moonset02:14 AM
Moon inAries
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:35 AM – 06:23 AM
Amrit Kalam09:44 PM – 11:15 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam09:44 AM – 11:01 AM
Gulika Kalam07:11 AM – 08:27 AM
Yamaganda01:35 PM – 02:52 PM
Varjyam12:47 AM – 02:19 AM
Durmuhurta09:55 AM – 10:36 AM
Durmuhurta02:01 PM – 02:42 PM

Day Choghadiya

Kaal07:11 AM – 08:27 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:27 AM – 09:44 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog09:44 AM – 11:01 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg11:01 AM – 12:18 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara12:18 PM – 01:35 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh01:35 PM – 02:52 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit02:52 PM – 04:09 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal04:09 PM – 05:26 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Laabh05:26 PM – 07:09 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:09 PM – 08:52 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:52 PM – 10:35 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:35 PM – 12:18 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:18 AM – 02:01 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:01 AM – 03:44 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:44 AM – 05:27 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:27 AM – 07:11 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