Chicago panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 12:26 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 12:56
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
16:20 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 01:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:57 – 12:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:27 – 07:16 next day
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. 05:16 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:27 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Char | 14:04 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:20 – 18:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:12 – 20:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:04 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 07:16 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