Chicago panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 11:15 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 16:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:19
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
16:19 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 15:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 12:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:05 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:19
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. 05:14 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:24 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:21 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 18:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:11 – 20:03 | Good |
| Char | 20:03 – 21:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:55 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:14 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 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
- 07:08 – 07:14 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