Dallas panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 08:18 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:21 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:36
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 07:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 15:39
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:16 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 01:54 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:39, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 07:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:36
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. 05:29 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:39 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:22 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
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:41 Sagittarius
- 09:41 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:13 next day Libra
- 05:13 – 07:22 next day Scorpio
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method