Chicago panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:21 Moonrise 22:08 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 14:04 – 15:12
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
16:21 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:21 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 00:51 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 06:52 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:51 – 13:53 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 16:17
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. 05:16 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:21 – 19:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 00:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 07:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:17 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 09:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:32 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:04 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:21 – 18:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:13 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:56 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:16 next day Sagittarius
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