Chicago panchang, 8 December 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 12:21 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 16:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:01
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:18
- 09:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:18 to 07:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:33
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:26 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 16:23
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:14 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:18
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. 05:08 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:26 – 07:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:26 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:16 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 18:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:51 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:16 – 07:08 next day | Good |
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
- 07:07 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:18 Libra
- 05:18 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:45 Sagittarius
- 09:45 – 11:14 Capricorn
- 11:14 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 07:08 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