Chicago panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 19:59 Moonrise 20:32 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 19:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 17:06
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
19:59 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:59 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:55
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 19:22
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:57 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:22 – 07:43 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. 04:17 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:59 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:39 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:59 | Good |
| Char | 19:59 – 21:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:46 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:24 Pisces
- 04:24 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:20 next day Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:33 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