Chicago panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 02:03 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:08
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:30 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:10 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:49 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:10 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 00:25 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:10 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:25 – 01:37 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:38 – 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. 04:53 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:08 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:36 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 07:30 Aquarius
- 07:30 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 11:46 Taurus
- 11:46 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 19:12 Leo
- 19:12 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 00:19 next day Libra
- 00:19 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:46 next day Sagittarius
- 04:46 – 06:15 next day Capricorn
- 06:15 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
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