Chicago panchang, 16 May 2029
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 07:38 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 20:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:36
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:04 to 05:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:04 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:50, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:04 – 03:04 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. 04:14 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 10:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:32 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 20:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:29 Aries
- 05:29 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:35 Gemini
- 09:35 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:25 next day Aries
- 05:25 – 05:29 next day Taurus
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