Dallas panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 22:00 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:30 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:29
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:29 to 07:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:06 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 16:10
- Karana Kaulava until 13:40, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:29
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. 05:38 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:45 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:15 – 12:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:30 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:30 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:30 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
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 07:30 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