Dallas panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 13:04 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 17:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:07
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:22 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:05
- Karana Kaulava until 11:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:05 – 09:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 11:44 – 04:28 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. 05:32 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:25 – 11:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 04:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 07:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:28 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:25 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:22 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:25 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
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 07:13 next day Scorpio
- 07:13 – 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