Chicago panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:25 Moonrise 11:51 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 16:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:25
- 11:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:25 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:25 – 19:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:11 Moon enters Aries
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:42 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:42
- Nakshatra Revati until 20:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 20:06
- Karana Balava until 11:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:11 Moon enters Aries
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:25
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. 05:19 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:25 – 19:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 19:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:11 – 07:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:11 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:09 | Good |
| Rog | 14:09 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 18:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:17 – 20:09 | Good |
| Char | 20:09 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 07:19 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