Chicago panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 20:36 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 16:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:16 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:27
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:18 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 03:03 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:40, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:03 – 01:16 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. 05:08 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 15:22
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:16 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Char | 16:18 – 18:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:09 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:51 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:19 Libra
- 05:19 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 05:15 next day Libra
- 05:15 – 07:08 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