Chicago panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 10:05 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 16:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:10
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:18 to 07:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:32
- Karana Gara until 11:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:32 – 23:08
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. 05:13 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 18:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:54 – 07:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:28 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:10 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:13 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