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Panchang for Houston — 30 December 2026

Krishna Ashtami tithi, Hasta nakshatra · Wednesday · 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 — 07:16 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
TithiKrishna Ashtamiuntil 01:02 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraHasta · pada 1until 04:43 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShobhanauntil 12:56 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBalavauntil 12:59 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:16 AM
Sunset05:32 PM
Moonrise12:02 AM
Moonset11:50 AM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:40 AM – 06:28 AM
Amrit Kalam11:50 PM – 01:28 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:24 PM – 01:41 PM
Gulika Kalam11:07 AM – 12:24 PM
Yamaganda08:33 AM – 09:50 AM
Varjyam02:23 PM – 04:02 PM
Abhijit Muhurta12:03 PM – 12:44 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta10:00 AM – 10:41 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh07:16 AM – 08:33 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:33 AM – 09:50 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:50 AM – 11:07 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:07 AM – 12:24 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:24 PM – 01:41 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:41 PM – 02:58 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:58 PM – 04:15 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:15 PM – 05:32 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg05:32 PM – 07:15 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara07:15 PM – 08:58 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:58 PM – 10:41 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:41 PM – 12:24 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:24 AM – 02:07 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:07 AM – 03:50 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:50 AM – 05:33 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:33 AM – 07:16 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; 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