Chicago panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:24 Moonrise 15:53 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 16:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 09:34 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam 14:07 – 15:15
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
16:24 to 07:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:33
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 15:50
- Karana Bava until 18:33, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:51 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:15
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 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:22
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:26 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Char | 09:34 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 12:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:59 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:07 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 18:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:15 – 20:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:59 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:34 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:52 Gemini
- 17:52 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
- 06:33 – 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