Chicago panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 20:50 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 19:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:31
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:40 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:16
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:34
- Karana Balava until 07:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:34 – 18:22 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. 04:34 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:16 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:40 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:48 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 05:55 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:42 Taurus
- 08:42 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 05:55 next day Aries
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method