Dallas panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 17:04 Margashirsha month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:27 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:41
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:25 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 01:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:41
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. 05:35 – 06:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:27 – 17:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:28 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
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 07:28 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