Chicago panchang, 31 January 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 23:02 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:18
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:02 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:34 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:57 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:23, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:57 – 02:57 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. 05:13 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 13:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:37 – 07:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:34 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 07:44 Capricorn
- 07:44 – 08:56 Aquarius
- 08:56 – 10:04 Pisces
- 10:04 – 11:25 Aries
- 11:25 – 13:12 Taurus
- 13:12 – 15:30 Gemini
- 15:30 – 18:04 Cancer
- 18:04 – 20:37 Leo
- 20:37 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 01:44 next day Libra
- 01:44 – 04:11 next day Scorpio
- 04:11 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 07:04 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