Chicago panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 00:23 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 16:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 12:50
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:18 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 15:34
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:58 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 11:59
- Karana Gara until 15:34, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 15:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 12:50
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. 05:06 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:58 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:50 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:51 | Good |
| Char | 21:51 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:28 Libra
- 05:28 – 07:55 Scorpio
- 07:55 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:25 next day Libra
- 05:25 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
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