Chicago panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 09:44 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 19:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:12
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 18:03
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:49 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 02:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:49
- Karana Kaulava until 09:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 18:03
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:49 – 18:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:04 – 05:45 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. 04:26 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 02:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 02:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:47 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:03 Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:44 Libra
- 20:44 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 05:45 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