Chicago panchang, 4 December 2028
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 18:57 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 16:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:12 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:50 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:27
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
16:18 to 07:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 09:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 04:01 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:34, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:12 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:58 – 13:01
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. 05:05 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:12 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Char | 12:50 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Char | 16:18 – 18:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:50 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:13 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:34 Libra
- 05:34 – 08:00 Scorpio
- 08:00 – 10:00 Sagittarius
- 10:00 – 11:30 Capricorn
- 11:30 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:55 next day Virgo
- 02:55 – 05:30 next day Libra
- 05:30 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method