Chicago panchang, 12 November 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 16:30 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 16:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 11:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 12:48
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:05 Moon enters Leo
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:28 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:30 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:41 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 19:27
- Karana Kaulava until 11:28, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:05 Moon enters Leo
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:27 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:41 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 12:48
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. 04:45 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Char | 14:02 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:17 – 20:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:03 – 21:49 | Good |
| Char | 21:49 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 07:01 Libra
- 07:01 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:28 Sagittarius
- 11:28 – 12:57 Capricorn
- 12:57 – 14:08 Aquarius
- 14:08 – 15:17 Pisces
- 15:17 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 23:16 Cancer
- 23:16 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 06:39 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 CST (UTC-6) · Method