Chicago panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:24 Moonrise 16:53 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 12:59
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
16:24 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 19:16
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 15:10
- Karana Kaulava until 19:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 12:59
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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:16 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Char | 14:08 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:16 – 20:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:08 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 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 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 13:42 Aries
- 13:42 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
- 06:29 – 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