Chicago panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 19:00 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:02
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 15:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:15 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:02
- Karana Gara until 15:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:15 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:02 – 16:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 12:15
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:15 – 06:57 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. 05:15 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:44 Virgo
- 07:44 – 10:19 Libra
- 10:19 – 12:45 Scorpio
- 12:45 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 17:26 Aquarius
- 17:26 – 18:34 Pisces
- 18:34 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 06:57 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