Chicago panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 06:38 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:06
- 13:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:28 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:49
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 16:51
- Karana Naga until 13:49, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:06
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. 05:11 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 08:07 Virgo
- 08:07 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 18:57 Pisces
- 18:57 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:05 Taurus
- 22:05 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 06:51 next day Virgo
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