Chicago panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 17:18 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 18:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:24
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:05 – 15:32
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:25 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 04:34 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 08:56
- Karana Kaulava until 17:42, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:56 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 17:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:04 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:24
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:56 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:30 – 04:26 next day
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. 05:12 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:31 – 06:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:34 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Char | 12:38 – 14:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:05 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:25 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:39 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:19 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:27 Leo
- 05:27 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 10:34 Libra
- 10:34 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:01 Sagittarius
- 15:01 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 17:42 Aquarius
- 17:42 – 18:50 Pisces
- 18:50 – 20:10 Aries
- 20:10 – 21:58 Taurus
- 21:58 – 00:16 next day Gemini
- 00:16 – 02:50 next day Cancer
- 02:50 – 05:23 next day Leo
- 05:23 – 06:53 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