Chicago panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 21:39 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 15:58 – 17:27
- Durmuhurta 17:22 – 18:09
- Rahu Kalam 17:27 – 18:57
- 14:45 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:57 to 06:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:17 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 19:45, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:45 Moon enters Libra
- 19:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:22 – 18:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:27 – 18:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 08:51 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. 05:24 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 10:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:00 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:59 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:58 | Good |
| Rog | 15:58 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:27 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:29 – 06:59 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
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:49 Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:16 Taurus
- 11:16 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:41 Leo
- 18:41 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:15 next day Sagittarius
- 04:15 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 06:56 next day Aquarius
- 06:56 – 06:59 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method