Chicago panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:32 Moonrise 10:26 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 16:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:13
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:32 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:32 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 10:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:02
- Karana Balava until 10:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:38 – 20:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:13
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. 05:21 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:32 – 19:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:53 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:23 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:13 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:14 Gemini
- 17:14 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 22:21 Leo
- 22:21 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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