Dallas panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 20:00 Bhadrapada month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 19:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:52
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:27 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 12:58
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:13 – 12:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:34 – 07:14 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. 05:40 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:49 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:08 Leo
- 07:08 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 19:18 Aquarius
- 19:18 – 20:38 Pisces
- 20:38 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:03 next day Taurus
- 00:03 – 02:18 next day Gemini
- 02:18 – 04:42 next day Cancer
- 04:42 – 07:04 next day Leo
- 07:04 – 07:14 next day Virgo
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