Dallas panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 08:14 Kartika month
Dallas, Texas, United States · 32.78°, -96.81° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:35 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:36
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:48 to 07:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:53 – 06:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:56
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:36
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. 05:53 – 06:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:31 – 07:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:35 – 08:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 22:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:00 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 06:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:35 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
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:53 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 09:55 Libra
- 09:55 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 15:57 Capricorn
- 15:57 – 17:20 Aquarius
- 17:20 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:20 next day Gemini
- 00:20 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 07:27 next day Virgo
- 07:27 – 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