Dallas panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 20:56 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:38
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:22 to 07:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 08:03
- Karana Bava until 10:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 10:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:03 – 07:03 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:03 – 08:15 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. 05:33 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:26 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 07:11 next day Scorpio
- 07:11 – 07:26 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