Chicago panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:23 Moonrise 15:01 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 16:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:58 – 14:07
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:34
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
16:23 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:23 – 19:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 16:51
- Karana Vanija until 18:17, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:09 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:34
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 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:23 – 19:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 10:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 10:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:09 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:09 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Char | 12:58 – 14:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:07 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:23 | Good |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:15 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:56 Gemini
- 17:56 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:37 next day Scorpio
- 06:37 – 07:18 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