Chicago panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:21 Moonrise 10:11 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 12:56
- 09:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
16:21 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:21 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:50
- Karana Bava until 09:00, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:50 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:15 – 00:06 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. 05:16 – 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) 11:30 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:21 – 19:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:06 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Char | 14:04 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 18:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:13 – 20:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:04 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:13 Gemini
- 18:13 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:16 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