Chicago panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 17:32 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 20:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:11
- 05:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:04 Moon enters Libra
- 18:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
20:08 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:08 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 05:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:04 Moon enters Libra
- 18:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:39 – 02:05 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:26 – 19:16
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. 04:12 – 04:49
- 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 20:08 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:16 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 21:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 06:59 Taurus
- 06:59 – 09:18 Gemini
- 09:18 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 16:58 Virgo
- 16:58 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 02:39 next day Aquarius
- 02:39 – 03:48 next day Pisces
- 03:48 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:26 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