Dallas panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 07:40 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 17:04 Ashwin month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:40 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:33
- 12:38 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:42 to 07:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:14
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:56 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:19
- Karana Bava until 12:38, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:19 – 01:55 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:56 – 06:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:40 – 23:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 06:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:40 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:56 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:51 Scorpio
- 11:51 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:40 Taurus
- 21:40 – 23:56 Gemini
- 23:56 – 02:20 next day Cancer
- 02:20 – 04:41 next day Leo
- 04:41 – 07:02 next day Virgo
- 07:02 – 07:40 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method