Chicago panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 00:43 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:10
- Yamaganda 16:12 – 17:53
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:33 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:37
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 14:33
- Karana Taitila until 06:37, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:53
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. 04:41 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:33 – 21:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 06:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:51 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:50 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:12 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:33 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:04 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:50 Aquarius
- 04:50 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:19 Aries
- 07:19 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:39 Libra
- 21:39 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 04:46 next day Aquarius
- 04:46 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:04 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