Chicago panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 04:14 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 16:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:46 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 14:02 – 15:11
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:19 to 07:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:46 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:27, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:11
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. 05:14 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:27 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:21 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:02 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 18:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:11 – 20:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:22 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 07:14 next day Sagittarius
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