Chicago panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 00:56 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 20:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 16:26 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam 18:16 – 20:05
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:05 to 05:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:05 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 19:22
- Karana Gara until 07:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:16 – 20:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:22 – 03:26 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. 04:13 – 04:51
- 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 20:05 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 08:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:22 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 20:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:21 Aries
- 05:21 – 07:08 Taurus
- 07:08 – 09:27 Gemini
- 09:27 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 02:48 next day Aquarius
- 02:48 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:17 next day Aries
- 05:17 – 05:27 next day Taurus
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