Dallas panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 12:35 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 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:22
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:22 to 07:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:22
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. 05:32 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:40 – 07:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:40 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:07 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:09 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 07:17 next day Scorpio
- 07:17 – 07:25 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