Chicago panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 12:06 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 19:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam 16:19 – 18:05
- Durmuhurta 17:58 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam 18:05 – 19:51
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:51 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 14:11
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 18:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:58 – 18:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:05 – 19:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:58 – 03:07 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. 04:24 – 05:04
- 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 19:51 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:31 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:47 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:16 Aries
- 06:16 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:22 Gemini
- 10:22 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 20:36 Libra
- 20:36 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:42 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