Chicago panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 08:09 Pausha 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:04
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
16:20 to 07:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:05 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:04
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. 05:16 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:23 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:04 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:20 – 18:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:12 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 15:55 Taurus
- 15:55 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 07:16 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