Dallas panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 14:42 Ashwin month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:34 to 18:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 16:00 – 17:25
- Durmuhurta 17:19 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:25 – 18:49
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:49 to 07:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:26
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:25
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 17:19 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 17:25 – 18:49
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:52 – 06:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:49 – 21:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:34 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 07:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:34 – 08:59 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:59 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 16:00 | Good |
| Rog | 16:00 – 17:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 18:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:12 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:48 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:59 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:35 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:52 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:17 Scorpio
- 12:17 – 14:20 Sagittarius
- 14:20 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:22 Aquarius
- 17:22 – 18:42 Pisces
- 18:42 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:07 Taurus
- 22:07 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 07:29 next day Virgo
- 07:29 – 07:35 next day Libra
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