Chicago panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 10:18 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:03
- 09:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 06:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 02:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:13 – 01:08 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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:16 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:45 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:12 Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:42 Capricorn
- 06:42 – 07:53 Aquarius
- 07:53 – 09:01 Pisces
- 09:01 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 00:41 next day Libra
- 00:41 – 03:08 next day Scorpio
- 03:08 – 05:08 next day Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:38 next day Capricorn
- 06:38 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
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