Chicago panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:29 Moonrise 09:02 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 16:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:03
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:29 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:29 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 03:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:27 – 04:39 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. 05:20 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:29 – 19:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 14:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:20 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 07:19 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