Chicago panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 07:54 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 13:57
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:02 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 14:56
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:57
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. 05:23 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:31 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:02 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:04 Virgo
- 07:04 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 15:34 Capricorn
- 15:34 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 17:54 Pisces
- 17:54 – 19:15 Aries
- 19:15 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:27 next day Leo
- 04:27 – 07:00 next day Virgo
- 07:00 – 07:09 next day Libra
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