Chicago panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 02:47 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:35
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:41 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:15 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:43
- Karana Gara until 14:49, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:15 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:44 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:43 – 05:44 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:15 – 13:47 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. 04:42 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:35 | Good |
| Char | 23:35 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 10:57 Virgo
- 10:57 – 13:31 Libra
- 13:31 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 17:58 Sagittarius
- 17:58 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:07 Aries
- 23:07 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:47 next day Cancer
- 05:47 – 06:06 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