Chicago panchang, 18 September 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 06:27 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:25
- 10:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:52 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:47 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 17:02
- Karana Naga until 13:23, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:06 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:57 – 09:46
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. 05:02 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:44 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 18:52 | Good |
| Char | 18:52 – 20:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:20 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:48 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:16 – 00:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:44 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:03 Sagittarius
- 16:03 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 18:44 Aquarius
- 18:44 – 19:52 Pisces
- 19:52 – 21:12 Aries
- 21:12 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 06:25 next day Leo
- 06:25 – 06:36 next day Virgo
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