Dallas panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 12:09 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:37
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:21 to 07:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:51 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:16 – 21:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:43 – 23:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:51 – 00:49 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. 05:31 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 11:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:07 Capricorn
- 11:07 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:21 next day Scorpio
- 07:21 – 07:24 next day Sagittarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method