Chicago panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 12:23 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 20:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:36
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:03 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:03 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:53
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:44 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:52
- Karana Vishti until 06:48, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:49 – 04:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:55 – 06:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:52 – 01:28 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. 04:15 – 04:53
- 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 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 20:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:44 Leo
- 14:44 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:52 Libra
- 19:52 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 05:30 next day Taurus
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