Dallas panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 12:59 Pausha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:31 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:49
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:36 to 07:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:53 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:31 – 03:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:12 – 06:10 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 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:31 – 03:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 07:31 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 07:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:47 – 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
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:22 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)
- 05:40 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:42 Taurus
- 15:42 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 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