Dallas panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 15:40 Phalguna month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 19:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:10 – 13:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:10 – 13:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:38 to 07:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:38 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:55 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:53, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:49 – 15:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:10 – 13:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
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. 05:56 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:10 – 13:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:31 – 12:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:53 – 07:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:29 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
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:56 – 07:17 Aquarius
- 07:17 – 08:38 Pisces
- 08:38 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 19:03 Leo
- 19:03 – 21:24 Virgo
- 21:24 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:09 next day Scorpio
- 02:09 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 07:13 next day Aquarius
- 07:13 – 07:29 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