Chicago panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:36 Moonrise 12:01 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 16:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:07
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:36 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:36 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:53 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 03:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:12 – 06:10 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. 05:21 – 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) 11:39 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:36 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 03:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 07:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:26 – 20:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:16 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 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
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:38 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)
- 05:21 – 05:43 Scorpio
- 05:43 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:58 Gemini
- 16:58 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 22:05 Leo
- 22:05 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:39 next day Scorpio
- 05:39 – 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