Chicago panchang, 19 December 2025
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 07:18 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 14:04 – 15:12
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:20 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 19:43
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:47 next day
- Karana Naga until 19:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:15 – 11:21
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 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:43 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:23 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:04 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:20 – 18:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:12 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:56 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 15:59 Taurus
- 15:59 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 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