Chicago panchang, 15 January 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:43 Moonrise 18:44 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:11
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:43 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:43 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:46 Moon enters Leo
- 04:09 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 23:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 15:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 23:46 Moon enters Leo
- 04:09 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:09 – 16:36 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 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:43 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 16:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:32 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 12:25 Aries
- 12:25 – 14:12 Taurus
- 14:12 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 19:04 Cancer
- 19:04 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 07:16 next day Capricorn
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