Chicago panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:21 Moonrise 12:49 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 09:32 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 12:56 – 14:04
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:32
- 09:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:39 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:21 to 07:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:21 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 23:40
- Karana Taitila until 09:25, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:39 Moon enters Aries
- 20:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:32
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 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:21 – 19:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 10:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 07:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:39 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:24 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:32 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 12:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:56 – 14:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:04 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 18:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:13 – 20:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:56 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 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