Chicago panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 06:19 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 16:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:31
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
16:20 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:29
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 04:16 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:29, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 06:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:35 – 05:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:16 – 06:40 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. 05:15 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 08:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:29 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:22 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:03 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 18:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:12 – 20:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:23 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 07:02 next day Scorpio
- 07:02 – 07:15 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