Chicago panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 19:20 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 16:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:18
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
Night
16:18 to 07:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 08:37
- Karana Bava until 17:39, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:08 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:15 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:16 – 02:14 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. 05:07 – 06:07
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:41 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:06 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:15 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 18:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Char | 20:00 – 21:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:51 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:16 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:23 Libra
- 05:23 – 07:49 Scorpio
- 07:49 – 09:50 Sagittarius
- 09:50 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:19 next day Libra
- 05:19 – 07:07 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