Chicago panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 01:18 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 19:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:37
- 06:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:47 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 07:42
- Karana Bava until 06:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:42 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:37
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. 04:39 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 21:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 07:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:19 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 11:12 Virgo
- 11:12 – 13:46 Libra
- 13:46 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:13 Sagittarius
- 18:13 – 19:42 Capricorn
- 19:42 – 20:53 Aquarius
- 20:53 – 22:02 Pisces
- 22:02 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:28 next day Gemini
- 03:28 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 06:02 next day Leo
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method