Dallas panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 09:12 Pausha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:30 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 13:46
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:31 to 07:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 03:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:27 – 04:39 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. 05:38 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:30 – 14:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:31 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
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:11 Leo
- 23:11 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 07:31 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