Chicago panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 02:19 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 19:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 16:12 – 17:54
- Durmuhurta 17:47 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam 17:54 – 19:36
- 07:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:36 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 02:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 13:42
- Karana Bava until 08:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:34 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:47 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:54 – 19:36
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. 04:39 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 02:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 11:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:08 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:36 – 20:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 06:01 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 06:01 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