Chicago panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 10:44 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 16:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:02
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
16:19 to 07:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:16
- Karana Vishti until 08:30, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:02
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 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:13 – 17:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 17:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 08:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:21 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:02 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:19 – 18:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:11 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:21 – 07:13 next day | Good |
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
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:12 next day Scorpio
- 07:12 – 07:13 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