Dallas panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 13:07 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:39
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:23 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 01:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:57 – 12:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:27 – 07:26 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. 05:33 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:27 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:26 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
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:26 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