Chicago panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 02:20 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 16:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:54
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:39 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
16:48 to 07:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:54
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. 05:18 – 06:16
- 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 16:48 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 00:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:52 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:26 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:37 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:13 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
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 09:39 Aquarius
- 09:39 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 12:08 Aries
- 12:08 – 13:55 Taurus
- 13:55 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 18:47 Cancer
- 18:47 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:55 next day Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 07:13 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