Dallas panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 13:41 Phalguna month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:33 to 19:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:34
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:11 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:12
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:36 to 07:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:57 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:06 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:19, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:06 – 08:30 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. 05:58 – 06:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:11 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:40 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:36 | Good |
| Char | 19:36 – 21:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 06:03 – 07:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 06:02 Capricorn
- 06:02 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 08:45 Pisces
- 08:45 – 10:17 Aries
- 10:17 – 12:10 Taurus
- 12:10 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:50 Cancer
- 16:50 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:32 Virgo
- 21:32 – 23:56 Libra
- 23:56 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 05:58 next day Capricorn
- 05:58 – 07:21 next day Aquarius
- 07:21 – 07:32 next day Pisces
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