Chicago panchang, 31 December 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:28 Moonrise 13:31 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 16:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:02
- 09:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:28 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:28 – 19:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:18
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:43
- Karana Balava until 14:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:02
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. 05:20 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:28 – 19:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 14:00
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:19 – 14:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 14:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:00 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:19 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:24 Aries
- 13:24 – 15:12 Taurus
- 15:12 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:37 Leo
- 22:37 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 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