Dallas panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 07:38 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 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:45
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:45 to 07:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 09:41
- Karana Naga until 13:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:41 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:45
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) 12:17 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:30 – 00:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:30 – 08:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:47 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:54 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:37 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:29 next day | Good |
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 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:14 next day Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 07:29 next day Capricorn
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