Chicago panchang, 13 August 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 22:01 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 19:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:39
- 07:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:51 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:36 Moon enters Aries
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:54
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 02:42 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 07:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:36 Moon enters Aries
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:35 – 07:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:42 – 05:06 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 22:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:36 – 05:59 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:17 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:19 – 05:59 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. 04:37 – 05:18
- 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 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:36 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:07 – 19:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 05:59 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:18 Cancer
- 06:18 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 11:24 Virgo
- 11:24 – 13:59 Libra
- 13:59 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 19:55 Capricorn
- 19:55 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 22:15 Pisces
- 22:15 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:59 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