Chicago panchang, 20 October 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 06:20 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:49
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:59 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:06 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:04
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:18, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:18 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:06 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:34 – 16:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:04 – 17:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:46 – 07:11 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. 05:25 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:57 Virgo
- 06:57 – 09:31 Libra
- 09:31 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:08 Aries
- 19:08 – 20:55 Taurus
- 20:55 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 06:53 next day Virgo
- 06:53 – 07:11 next day Libra
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