Chicago panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 11:18 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:52
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
16:46 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 15:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:15 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:15, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:52
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 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 15:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:28 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:23 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:23 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 10:55 Pisces
- 10:55 – 12:16 Aries
- 12:16 – 14:03 Taurus
- 14:03 – 16:22 Gemini
- 16:22 – 18:55 Cancer
- 18:55 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 00:01 next day Virgo
- 00:01 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:02 next day Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 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