Chicago panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:31 Moonrise 00:12 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 16:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta 14:04 – 14:41
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:31 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:31 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:35
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 19:18
- Karana Kaulava until 10:35, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Moon enters Libra
- 19:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:31 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:04 – 14:41
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:31 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:13 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:22 – 20:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:13 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:50 Cancer
- 19:50 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 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