Chicago panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 14:41 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:25
- 12:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:13 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:42 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:52, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:25
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. 04:54 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:38 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 08:42 Pisces
- 08:42 – 10:02 Aries
- 10:02 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 21:48 Virgo
- 21:48 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:49 next day Scorpio
- 02:49 – 04:49 next day Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
- 06:18 – 06:38 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