Dallas panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 07:23 Vaishakha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:10 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:42
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:58 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 13:26
- Karana Balava until 14:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:47 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:42
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. 05:27 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 22:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:10 | Good |
| Rog | 10:10 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:11 Leo
- 17:11 – 19:32 Virgo
- 19:32 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:42 next day Pisces
- 06:42 – 06:53 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