Chicago panchang, 8 January 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:35 Moonrise 13:00 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:16
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
16:35 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:35 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 20:19
- Karana Vishti until 08:06, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:50 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:19 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:16
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:50 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:50 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:16 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:25 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:16 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 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
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:26 Aquarius
- 10:26 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:43 Taurus
- 14:43 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 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