🪷 Muhūrta Table · Chicago, USA · 2026-08-16
Each window with the rule that makes it and its source · on the Sūrya-Siddhānta's sunrise and sunset
Windows of the Day, with their Sources
Where a source characterises a window its words are quoted; no window is labelled here.
| Window | Start | End | Duration | Rule · Source |
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| Brahma Muhūrta ब्रह्म मुहूर्त | 03:29 | 04:10 | 40.8 min | the 14th fifteenth of the night ending at this sunrise · Manusmṛti 4.92; Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya Sūtra 2.1, with Aruṇadatta and Hemādri
Manu and Vāgbhaṭa name it; the 14th of the night is the commentators' definition |
| Abhijit Muhūrta अभिजित् मुहूर्त | 11:17 | 12:12 | 55.1 min | the 8th fifteenth of the day, around midday · Ṭikaṇikayātrā 3.7-8; Muhūrta-gaṇapati 83-86; Nārada-saṃhitā 9.4-5
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| Godhūli गोधूलि | 18:32 | 18:44 | 12 min | 15 pala before and after the half-set Sun (the text's sunset is the Sun's centre on the horizon) · Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa, Vivāha 38 (citing the Jyotirnibandha); Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, Vivāha 6.100-101
MC 6.101 places the instant by season (in hemanta the rayless disk, in the hot season the half-set Sun, in the rains the Sun fully set); the half-set form is given |
| Niśītha निशीथ | 23:24 | 00:05 | 40.9 min | the 8th fifteenth of the night: the middle of the night (not clock midnight) · Dharmasindhu; Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, Yātrā 11.54
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| Gulika Kālam गुलिक | 15:11 | 16:54 | 103.4 min | Saturn's eighth of the day: part 7 of 8, counted from Sun · Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horāśāstra ch. 3 (upagrahas)
BPHS uses these parts to fix the upagraha points; the 8th eighth has no lord |
| Yamaghaṇṭaka (Yamagaṇḍa) Kālam यमघण्टक | 11:44 | 13:28 | 103.4 min | Jupiter's eighth of the day: part 5 of 8, counted from Sun · Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horāśāstra ch. 3 (upagrahas)
BPHS uses these parts to fix the upagraha points; the 8th eighth has no lord |
| Rāhu Kālam राहु काल | 16:54 | 18:38 | 103.4 min | part 8 of the day's 8 (Sun 8, Mon 2, Tue 7, Wed 5, Thu 6, Fri 4, Sat 3) · South Indian almanac table (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala); no verse found in BPHS, Bṛhatsaṃhitā, Muhūrtacintāmaṇi, Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa, Nārada-saṃhitā, Phaladīpikā, Dharmasindhu, Nirṇayasindhu or Praśna-mārga · regional convention
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15 Day-Muhūrtas (a fifteenth of the day each · Ṭikaṇikayātrā 3.2-3.4)
| # | Muhūrta (deity) | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Śiva शिव | 04:51 | 05:46 |
| 2 | Bhujaga भुजग | 05:46 | 06:41 |
| 3 | Mitra मित्र | 06:41 | 07:36 |
| 4 | Pitṛ पितृ | 07:36 | 08:31 |
| 5 | Vasu वसु | 08:31 | 09:26 |
| 6 | Jala जल | 09:26 | 10:21 |
| 7 | Viśva विश्व | 10:21 | 11:17 |
| 8 | Viriñci (Abhijit) विरिञ्चि | 11:17 | 12:12 |
| 9 | Paṅkajaprabhava (Brahmā) पङ्कजप्रभव | 12:12 | 13:07 |
| 10 | Indra इन्द्र | 13:07 | 14:02 |
| 11 | Indrāgnī इन्द्राग्नी | 14:02 | 14:57 |
| 12 | Niśācara निशाचर | 14:57 | 15:52 |
| 13 | Varuṇa वरुण | 15:52 | 16:47 |
| 14 | Aryaman अर्यमन् | 16:47 | 17:43 |
| 15 | Yoni (Bhaga) योनि | 17:43 | 18:38 |
Sunrise / Sunset Reference for Chicago, USA
Coordinates: 41.8781°N · -87.6298°E · Timezone: explicit fixed-offset record · UTC-6
Sunrise: 04:51 · Sunset: 18:38
Sources and Related Timing Tools
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📚 See Also
- Choghadiya for Chicago, USA on 2026-08-16 · 8 day + 8 night choghadiya windows
- Hora (planetary hours) for Chicago, USA on 2026-08-16 · 24-hour graha-rulership cycle
- Universal pañchāṅga for 2026-08-16 · Tithi · nakshatra · yoga · karaṇa · vāra
- Chicago, USA city page · Localized Vedic-pañchāṅga coverage
- Saṁskāra-Muhūrta Finder · Pick auspicious dates for life-rites
📖 References
- Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · Rāma Daivajña (16th c. CE) — Classical authority on the 15 day-muhūrtas · Rāhu-Kālam · Yamagaṇḍa · Gulika rules
- Bṛhat-Saṁhitā · Varāhamihira (~550 CE) — Earliest treatise on muhūrta-vidyā within jyotiṣa
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · sunrise/sunset computation — The astronomical engine behind every time-boundary calculation