The day’s tithi, nakshatra and the rest, with sunrise, sunset and the windows to avoid, computed for Houston. Pick any date to see its panchangam, and scroll down for the year’s festival dates.

Thursday, November 5, 2026 in Houston

Guruvara (Thursday) · Ashvina masa, Krishna paksha · Parabhava samvatsara · Saka 1948 · Sharad, Dakshinayana

The five limbs

Tithi
Krishna Dvadashi till 11:00 pm
Vara
Guruvara
Nakshatra
Uttara Phalguni till 4:25 pm
Yoga
Vaidhriti till 5:38 pm
Karana
Kaulava till 11:00 am

The day

Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
5:31 pm
Brahma muhurta
4:53 to 5:45 am
Abhijit
11:43 am to 12:26 pm
Rahu kalam
1:26 to 2:48 pm
Yamagandam
6:38 to 7:59 am
Gulika kalam
9:21 to 10:43 am

The panchanga day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a tithi ending after midnight still belongs to this day, and a time marked (+1) falls on the next calendar date. Every instant is computed for these coordinates, not adjusted from a capital city. Clock faces are printed in America/Chicago; no time zone enters the arithmetic. Ayanamsa: Lahiri.

Festivals in Houston, 2026

  • Wednesday, January 14, 2026Makar Sankranti (Pongal, Uttarayana, Maghi)The Sun enters Makara and the northward half of the year begins.
  • Friday, January 23, 2026Vasant PanchamiSaraswati is honoured, and the spring is counted from here.
  • Sunday, February 15, 2026Maha ShivaratriThe night kept awake for Shiva.
  • Monday, March 2, 2026Holika DahanThe fire on the eve of Holi.
  • Tuesday, March 3, 2026Holi (Dhulandi)Colour, the morning after the fire.
  • Thursday, March 19, 2026Ugadi (Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Shukladi)The first day of the lunar year in the amanta reckoning. The year is named, and the almanac for it is read out.
  • Thursday, March 26, 2026Rama NavamiObserved as the birth of Rama.
  • Monday, April 13, 2026Mesha Sankranti (Vishu, Puthandu, Baisakhi, Bihu)The Sun enters Mesha. Kept as the new year across several regions.
  • Sunday, April 19, 2026Akshaya TritiyaHeld to be a day on which what is begun does not run out.
  • Wednesday, July 29, 2026Guru PurnimaThe full moon kept for teachers.
  • Sunday, August 16, 2026Nag PanchamiSerpents are honoured.
  • Thursday, August 27, 2026Raksha BandhanA thread tied on the wrist, between brother and sister.
  • Thursday, September 3, 2026Krishna JanmashtamiObserved as the birth of Krishna, at midnight.
  • Monday, September 14, 2026Ganesh Chaturthi (Vinayaka Chavithi)Ganesha is installed and, days later, taken to water.
  • Friday, September 25, 2026Anant ChaturdashiThe last day of the Ganesha days, when the images go to water.
  • Friday, October 9, 2026Mahalaya Amavasya (Sarva Pitru Amavasya)The last day of the fortnight kept for the ancestors. Tarpana is offered.
  • Sunday, October 11, 2026Sharada Navaratri beginsNine nights. The first day of the bright half of Ashvina.
  • Sunday, October 18, 2026Durga AshtamiThe eighth of the nine nights.
  • Monday, October 19, 2026Maha NavamiThe ninth.
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026Vijayadashami (Dussehra)The tenth day, when the nine nights end.
  • Saturday, October 24, 2026Sharad PurnimaThe full moon of autumn, kept at night.Two days satisfy the rule; some observe it the day before or after.
  • Friday, November 6, 2026DhanterasThe first of the Diwali days.
  • Friday, November 6, 2026Naraka Chaturdashi (Chhoti Diwali)The oil bath before dawn.
  • Sunday, November 8, 2026Diwali (Deepavali, Lakshmi Puja)Lamps, and the Lakshmi puja at nightfall.
  • Monday, November 9, 2026Govardhan Puja (Bali Pratipada)The day after Diwali.
  • Tuesday, November 10, 2026Bhai Dooj (Yama Dvitiya)Brothers visit sisters.
  • Tuesday, November 24, 2026Kartika PurnimaLamps on water.

Computed for Houston by nobeginning.org.

These dates are computed for these coordinates from the tithi and the rule each festival keeps, not copied from an almanac. A festival whose rule two days satisfy is marked contested, and one this repo has not finished checking is marked with a confidence. Regional practice differs on several of them and a printed local almanac may disagree: where it does, the almanac is a statement about that region and this is a statement about these coordinates.