Chicago panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 06:23 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 12:43 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 15:45 – 17:16
- Durmuhurta 17:10 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam 17:16 – 18:47
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:47 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:54 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:22
- Karana Naga until 14:54, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:10 – 17:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:16 – 18:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:09 – 15:19
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. 05:04 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 00:54 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 00:54 – 06:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:54 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:43 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:16 – 21:45 | Good |
| Char | 21:45 – 23:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 11:25 Libra
- 11:25 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:52 Sagittarius
- 15:52 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 19:41 Pisces
- 19:41 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 22:49 Taurus
- 22:49 – 01:07 next day Gemini
- 01:07 – 03:41 next day Cancer
- 03:41 – 06:14 next day Leo
- 06:14 – 06:39 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