Chicago panchang, 14 December 2025
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 02:08 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 16:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:02 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:18
- 07:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
Night
16:18 to 07:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 07:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:20, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 07:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:11 Moon enters Libra
- 20:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:00 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:00 – 03:24 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. 05:12 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:20 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:02 | Good |
| Rog | 14:02 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 18:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:10 – 20:02 | Good |
| Char | 20:02 – 21:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:54 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:20 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:22 Sagittarius
- 09:22 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 07:12 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