Chicago panchang, 28 September 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:43 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 12:40 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam 15:38 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:35
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:35 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:02 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 17:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:02
- Karana Gara until 17:03, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:38 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 17:24
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. 05:08 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 17:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:24 – 06:46 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:24 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:40 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:09 – 15:38 | Good |
| Rog | 15:38 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:38 | Good |
| Char | 21:38 – 23:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:09 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:51 Leo
- 05:51 – 08:24 Virgo
- 08:24 – 10:58 Libra
- 10:58 – 13:25 Scorpio
- 13:25 – 15:25 Sagittarius
- 15:25 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:40 next day Gemini
- 00:40 – 03:13 next day Cancer
- 03:13 – 05:47 next day Leo
- 05:47 – 06:46 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