Chicago panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 08:38 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 16:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:19
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
16:19 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 18:53, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:19
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. 05:14 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:27 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:22 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 18:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:11 – 20:03 | Good |
| Char | 20:03 – 21:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:55 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 05:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:14 next day | Good |
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
- 07:14 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:25 Gemini
- 18:25 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 07:14 next day Sagittarius
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