Chicago panchang, 6 December 2025
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 18:02 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 16:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 07:42 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 13:59
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
16:18 to 07:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:56
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 12:15
- Karana Gara until 09:56, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:42 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 13:59
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. 05:07 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:55 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 12:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:50 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:18 – 18:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:09 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:51 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:27 Libra
- 05:27 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 09:53 Sagittarius
- 09:53 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:23 next day Libra
- 05:23 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
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