Chicago panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 23:44 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 19:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:50 – 14:30
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:31 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:48
- Karana Bava until 15:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:02 – 13:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:30
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. 04:44 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 19:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 19:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:50 | Good |
| Rog | 12:50 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:31 – 20:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:49 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:07 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:07 next day Aries
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