Chicago panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 21:58 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:24
- 09:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
16:47 to 07:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:00 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:46
- Karana Taitila until 20:01, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:24
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:46 – 16:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 06:00 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 07:14 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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:24 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:24 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 09:44 Aquarius
- 09:44 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 12:13 Aries
- 12:13 – 14:00 Taurus
- 14:00 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 18:52 Cancer
- 18:52 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 06:59 next day Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 07:14 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