Dallas panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:57 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 14:52
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:21 to 07:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:16
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:52
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. 05:31 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 17:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 17:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 08:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:38 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:07 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:24 next day | Good |
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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:29 Sagittarius
- 09:29 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:22 next day Scorpio
- 07:22 – 07:24 next day Sagittarius
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