Chicago panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 09:14 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 16:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:31
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
16:20 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:21
- Karana Gara until 19:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:21 – 17:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 14:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:05 – 22:04
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. 05:15 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:23 – 07:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:23 – 07:15 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:04 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:03 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:20 | Good |
| Char | 16:20 – 18:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:12 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:55 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 07:15 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