Chicago panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:21 Moonrise 08:53 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:05 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:21
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
16:21 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:21 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 23:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 05:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 23:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:10 – 08:46 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. 05:16 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:21 – 19:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:06 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:24 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:57 – 14:05 | Good |
| Rog | 14:05 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 18:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:13 – 20:05 | Good |
| Char | 20:05 – 21:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:57 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 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