Chicago panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 10:14 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 19:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:33
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:36 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:41 Moon enters Libra
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 22:43
- Karana Vishti until 15:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:41 Moon enters Libra
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:33 – 11:25
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. 04:44 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 12:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 12:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:36 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 13:19 Libra
- 13:19 – 15:45 Scorpio
- 15:45 – 17:45 Sagittarius
- 17:45 – 19:15 Capricorn
- 19:15 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 22:55 Aries
- 22:55 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 05:34 next day Cancer
- 05:34 – 06:09 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