Chicago panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 04:01 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:57
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:39 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:05 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:15 – 13:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:05 – 15:27 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. 04:43 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:39 – 21:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:06 – 13:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 13:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:26 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 16:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:16 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:39 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:58 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:53 Virgo
- 10:53 – 13:27 Libra
- 13:27 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 17:54 Sagittarius
- 17:54 – 19:23 Capricorn
- 19:23 – 20:35 Aquarius
- 20:35 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 05:43 next day Cancer
- 05:43 – 06:07 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