Chicago panchang, 30 July 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 11:53 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 20:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:56 – 14:44
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
20:09 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 17:10
- Karana Taitila until 16:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Libra
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:44
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. 04:27 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 11:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 11:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:12 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:21 – 20:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:40 Gemini
- 04:40 – 07:13 Cancer
- 07:13 – 09:47 Leo
- 09:47 – 12:19 Virgo
- 12:19 – 14:54 Libra
- 14:54 – 17:21 Scorpio
- 17:21 – 19:21 Sagittarius
- 19:21 – 20:50 Capricorn
- 20:50 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:30 next day Aries
- 00:30 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 05:45 next day Cancer
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