Chicago panchang, 5 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:32 Moonrise 01:15 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 16:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:23
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:32 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:32 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:16
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:17
- Karana Gara until 12:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:23
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 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:32 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:23 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:14 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 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