Chicago panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 12:28 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:52
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:46 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 18:43
- Karana Vanija until 09:43, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:52
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 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 09:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:35 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:23 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:46 | Good |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:23 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 07:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:02 Taurus
- 14:02 – 16:21 Gemini
- 16:21 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:01 next day Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
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