Chicago panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 00:34 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 19:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 13:21 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 17:00
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:44 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 12:29
- Karana Vishti until 06:53, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:29 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:21 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 17:00
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. 04:41 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:03 – 15:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 15:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:44 | Good |
| Char | 19:44 – 21:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 11:05 Virgo
- 11:05 – 13:39 Libra
- 13:39 – 16:06 Scorpio
- 16:06 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:35 Capricorn
- 19:35 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 06:04 next day Leo
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