Chicago panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 10:25 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 16:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:12 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 11:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 12:50
- 11:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:18 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:33, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 13:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 12:50
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. 05:05 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:12 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:50 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:50 | Good |
| Char | 21:50 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 08:00 Scorpio
- 08:00 – 10:00 Sagittarius
- 10:00 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 05:30 next day Libra
- 05:30 – 07:04 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