Chicago panchang, 18 September 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 03:02 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:39 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta 10:41 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam 14:16 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:25
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:53 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:35 Moon enters Leo
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:55
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 11:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:55, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:35 Moon enters Leo
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:39 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:41 – 11:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:25
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. 05:02 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:39 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Char | 11:12 – 12:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:44 – 14:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:16 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:20 – 21:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:48 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:16 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:44 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:30 Leo
- 06:30 – 09:03 Virgo
- 09:03 – 11:37 Libra
- 11:37 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 17:33 Capricorn
- 17:33 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:13 Aries
- 21:13 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 06:26 next day Leo
- 06:26 – 06:36 next day Virgo
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