Chicago panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 02:03 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 18:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam 13:58 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:53
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:05 to 07:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:42 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 15:40
- Karana Bava until 12:20, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:19 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:14 – 05:24 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. 05:21 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:05 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:35 – 13:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:58 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:36 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 09:47 Libra
- 09:47 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 16:54 Aquarius
- 16:54 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:36 next day Leo
- 04:36 – 07:06 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