Dallas panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 02:20 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 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:19 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:38
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 07:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 07:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:41 – 16:59
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:19 | Good |
| Rog | 11:19 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:47 – 07:31 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 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