Chicago panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 09:06 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:14
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:25 Moon enters Libra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:30 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 08:35
- Karana Taitila until 16:06, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 09:25 Moon enters Libra
- 16:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:47 – 01:28 next day
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. 05:03 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:08 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:46 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:28 Libra
- 11:28 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 15:55 Sagittarius
- 15:55 – 17:24 Capricorn
- 17:24 – 18:36 Aquarius
- 18:36 – 19:44 Pisces
- 19:44 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 22:52 Taurus
- 22:52 – 01:11 next day Gemini
- 01:11 – 03:44 next day Cancer
- 03:44 – 06:17 next day Leo
- 06:17 – 06:38 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