Chicago panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:39 Moonrise 08:40 Pausha 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 16:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:19 – 15:29
- 13:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:39 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:39 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:41
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 22:43
- Karana Balava until 13:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:29
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 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:39 – 19:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 01:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:29 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:19 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:28 – 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 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:10 Aquarius
- 10:10 – 11:19 Pisces
- 11:19 – 12:39 Aries
- 12:39 – 14:27 Taurus
- 14:27 – 16:45 Gemini
- 16:45 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:25 next day Virgo
- 00:25 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 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