Chicago panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 00:02 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 16:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 14:01 – 15:09
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:18 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:08 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:46
- Karana Taitila until 16:13, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:09
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. 05:11 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:10 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:53 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:19 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 07:30 Scorpio
- 07:30 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 07:11 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