Chicago panchang, 17 January 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 10:53 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:11
- 10:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:03 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:45 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 03:17 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:37, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:03 Moon enters Aries
- 21:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:17 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:37 – 16:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 16:03
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:03 – 07:15 next day
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) 11:41 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 10:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:07 Taurus
- 14:07 – 16:25 Gemini
- 16:25 – 18:59 Cancer
- 18:59 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 00:05 next day Virgo
- 00:05 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:06 next day Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
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