Chicago panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 09:33 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:12
- 07:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:42 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:36
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 10:32
- Karana Taitila until 07:27, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:32 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:32 – 11:23 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:12
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. 05:06 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Char | 15:42 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:42 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 11:14 Libra
- 11:14 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:40 Sagittarius
- 15:40 – 17:10 Capricorn
- 17:10 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 19:29 Pisces
- 19:29 – 20:50 Aries
- 20:50 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:56 next day Gemini
- 00:56 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 06:03 next day Leo
- 06:03 – 06:42 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