Chicago panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 16:24 Moonrise 21:05 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 16:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:36 – 12:48
Night
16:24 to 06:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 05:33 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 00:31 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:20, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:36 – 12:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 17:59 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. 04:53 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:05 – 06:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:36 | Good |
| Rog | 11:36 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:12 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:28 Libra
- 06:28 – 08:55 Scorpio
- 08:55 – 10:55 Sagittarius
- 10:55 – 12:25 Capricorn
- 12:25 – 13:36 Aquarius
- 13:36 – 14:44 Pisces
- 14:44 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 01:17 next day Leo
- 01:17 – 03:50 next day Virgo
- 03:50 – 06:25 next day Libra
- 06:25 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method