Chicago panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 20:55 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:34
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:39 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:30
- Karana Gara until 06:37, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:55 – 03:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 04:40 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. 04:43 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 06:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 08:19 Leo
- 08:19 – 10:52 Virgo
- 10:52 – 13:26 Libra
- 13:26 – 15:53 Scorpio
- 15:53 – 17:53 Sagittarius
- 17:53 – 19:22 Capricorn
- 19:22 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:02 Aries
- 23:02 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 06:07 next day Leo
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