Dallas panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 06:45 Vaishakha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:53
- Durmuhurta 13:53 – 14:45
- Yamaganda 16:42 – 18:20
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:57 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:57 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:53 – 14:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:20
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. 05:28 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 23:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 03:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 06:54 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
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 22:00 Libra
- 22:00 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:46 next day Pisces
- 06:46 – 06:54 next day Aries
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method