Chicago panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 05:40 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:34
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:56 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:10
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:34
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:11 – 06:35 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. 04:20 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 01:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 01:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:51 – 05:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:25 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:39 Pisces
- 04:39 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 07:47 Taurus
- 07:47 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 04:35 next day Pisces
- 04:35 – 05:37 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