Chicago panchang, 1 October 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 15:57 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:07
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:30 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:03
- Karana Kaulava until 08:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:43 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:07
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. 05:10 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:49 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 08:12 Virgo
- 08:12 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 13:13 Scorpio
- 13:13 – 15:13 Sagittarius
- 15:13 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:22 Aries
- 20:22 – 22:10 Taurus
- 22:10 – 00:28 next day Gemini
- 00:28 – 03:02 next day Cancer
- 03:02 – 05:35 next day Leo
- 05:35 – 06:50 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