Chicago panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 08:15 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 16:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 12:53
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:18 to 07:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 15:39
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:16 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 01:54 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:39, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 15:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:54 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 07:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 12:53
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. 05:11 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:39 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Char | 14:01 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:10 – 20:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:53 | Good |
| Char | 21:53 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 07:11 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