Chicago panchang, 8 January 2027
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:35 Moonrise 08:04 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 16:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:16 – 15:26
Night
16:35 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:35 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:46 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 04:45 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:04, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:45 – 05:57 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. 05:21 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:35 – 19:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 17:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:46 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:25 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:16 – 22:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:06 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:14 Capricorn
- 09:14 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 12:54 Aries
- 12:54 – 14:41 Taurus
- 14:41 – 17:00 Gemini
- 17:00 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 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