Chicago panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 10:56 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:44
- 08:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:24 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:46
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:08 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:08 – 02:20 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. 04:58 – 05:51
- 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 17:24 – 20:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:45 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 06:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:44 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:08 Sagittarius
- 05:08 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:05 Taurus
- 12:05 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:57 Cancer
- 16:57 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 22:03 Virgo
- 22:03 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:04 next day Sagittarius
- 05:04 – 06:34 next day Capricorn
- 06:34 – 06:43 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