Chicago panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:22 Moonrise 14:18 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 16:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 14:06 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 15:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:22
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
16:22 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:22 – 19:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 18:25
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 18:25, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 15:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:22
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. 05:18 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:22 – 19:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:49 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:25 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:58 – 14:06 | Good |
| Rog | 14:06 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:22 – 18:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:14 – 20:06 | Good |
| Char | 20:06 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:41 next day Scorpio
- 06:41 – 07:17 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