Dallas panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 10:58 Shravana month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 20:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:57
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam 16:50 – 18:30
- Durmuhurta 18:23 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam 18:30 – 20:09
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:09 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:30 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:38
- Karana Bava until 18:21, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:23 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:30 – 20:09
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:52 – 17:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:31 – 06:38 next day
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 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 17:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:20 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:32 – 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:58 Cancer
- 06:58 – 09:20 Leo
- 09:20 – 11:41 Virgo
- 11:41 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:28 Sagittarius
- 18:28 – 20:07 Capricorn
- 20:07 – 21:29 Aquarius
- 21:29 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:21 next day Aries
- 00:21 – 02:14 next day Taurus
- 02:14 – 04:30 next day Gemini
- 04:30 – 06:53 next day Cancer
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