Chicago panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:23 Moonrise 10:24 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 16:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 12:58
- 08:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:23 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:23 – 19:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 03:43 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:01, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:16 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:32 – 05:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 12:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:17 – 20:48
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. 05:18 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:23 – 19:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:48 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Char | 14:06 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 18:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:15 – 20:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 07:18 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