Dallas panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 07:47 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 20:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:51
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:33
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:20 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:17
- Karana Kaulava until 07:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:33
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. 05:06 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:20 – 22:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:27 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:11 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 21:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:36 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:51 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:15 next day Aries
- 06:15 – 06:26 next day Taurus
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