Chicago panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 10:42 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:31
- 08:51 Moon enters Libra
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:30 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:48 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Moon enters Libra
- 18:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:48 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:31
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. 04:47 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:13 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 13:04 Libra
- 13:04 – 15:30 Scorpio
- 15:30 – 17:31 Sagittarius
- 17:31 – 19:00 Capricorn
- 19:00 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:19 Pisces
- 21:19 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:46 next day Gemini
- 02:46 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 06:13 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