Chicago panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:30 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 16:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:03
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:30 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:50
- Karana Bava until 08:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:03
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:50 – 21:14
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. 05:21 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 06:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 08:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 10:46 Aquarius
- 10:46 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 01:00 next day Virgo
- 01:00 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 07:19 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