Chicago panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 15:27 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 20:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:37 – 16:26
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:06 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:06 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 00:53 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 13:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:53 – 05:27 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. 04:13 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:06 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:28 – 13:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 18:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:20 Aries
- 05:20 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:26 Gemini
- 09:26 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:16 next day Aries
- 05:16 – 05:27 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