Dallas panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 21:33 Shravana month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 20:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 15:08
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:03 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:55 – 03:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 04:40 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. 05:29 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 22:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:25 – 20:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:36 Cancer
- 06:36 – 08:58 Leo
- 08:58 – 11:19 Virgo
- 11:19 – 13:42 Libra
- 13:42 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:45 Capricorn
- 19:45 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 23:59 Aries
- 23:59 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 06:32 next day Cancer
- 06:32 – 06:56 next day Leo
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