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2025-11-18

Tithi

Chaturdashi चतुर्दशी

Nakshatra

Swati स्वाती

Choghadiya details (text table)

Name	Devanagari	Planet	Period	Start	End	Quality
Rog	रोग	Mars	day	06:45	07:58	bad
Udveg	उद्वेग	Sun	day	07:58	09:10	bad
Char	चर	Venus	day	09:10	10:23	neutral
Labh	लाभ	Mercury	day	10:23	11:35	good
Amrit	अमृत	Moon	day	11:35	12:48	good
Kaal	काल	Saturn	day	12:48	14:00	bad
Shubh	शुभ	Jupiter	day	14:00	15:13	good
Rog	रोग	Mars	day	15:13	16:25	bad
Kaal	काल	Saturn	night	16:25	18:13	bad
Shubh	शुभ	Jupiter	night	18:13	20:00	good
Rog	रोग	Mars	night	20:00	21:48	bad
Udveg	उद्वेग	Sun	night	21:48	23:35	bad
Char	चर	Venus	night	23:35	01:23	neutral
Labh	लाभ	Mercury	night	01:23	03:10	good
Amrit	अमृत	Moon	night	03:10	04:58	good
Kaal	काल	Saturn	night	04:58	06:45	bad

Window details (text table)

Window	Start	End	Type
Rahu Kala	14:00	15:13	inauspicious
Yamaghanda Kala	09:10	10:23	inauspicious
Gulika Kala	11:35	12:48	inauspicious
Abhijit Muhurta	11:16	11:54	auspicious

Auspicious Muhurtas शुभ मुहूर्त

Sunrise- and nakshatra-keyed windows that classical muhurta texts recommend for sadhana, study, and beginnings.

Brahma Muhurta

ब्रह्म मुहूर्त

05:09 – 05:57

Pratah Sandhya

प्रातः सन्ध्या

05:40 – 06:45

Vijaya Muhurta

विजय मुहूर्त

13:12 – 13:50

Godhuli Muhurta

गोधूलि मुहूर्त

16:13 – 16:37

Sayahna Sandhya

सायाह्न सन्ध्या

16:25 – 17:30

Nishita Muhurta

निशीथ मुहूर्त

23:11 – 23:59

Amrita Kalam

अमृत कालम्

02:30 – 04:18

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Nirnaya Sindhu. Sub-window arithmetic from sunrise + Surya nakshatra position at the city’s coordinates.

Inauspicious Windows अशुभ काल

Classical periods to avoid for new ventures, beyond Rahu Kaal, Yamaghanda, and Gulika (already shown on the daylight timeline above).

Varjyam

वर्ज्यम्

23:49 – 01:37

The nakshatra-derived window the classics flag to avoid.

Dur Muhurtam 4

दुर्मुहूर्तम्

08:41 – 09:20

Weekday-keyed inauspicious sub-muhurta.

Dur Muhurtam 9

दुर्मुहूर्तम्

11:54 – 12:33

Weekday-keyed inauspicious sub-muhurta.

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Dharma Sindhu. Sub-window arithmetic from sunrise + nakshatra position.

Sun Today सूर्य

Surya rashi and nakshatra — the sun-side complement to the moon-side tithi and nakshatra shown in the hero above.

Surya Rashi

Vrishchika#8

Surya Nakshatra

Vishakha विशाखा

Pada 4 of 4

Moon Pada Transitions Today

07:00
13:44
20:29
03:14

Source: Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) sidereal ephemeris. Pada arithmetic from nakshatra division into 4 equal arcs of 3° 20′ each.

Hindu Year विक्रम संवत्

Vikram, Shaka and Gujarati Samvat for the current year, with the cycle name (Samvatsara) from the 60-year governance cycle.

Vikram Samvat

2082

Vishvavasu विश्वावसु

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Shaka Samvat

1947

Plavanga प्लवङ्ग

Gujarati Samvat

2081

Krodhi क्रोधी

Mantri Mandala — Year Governance

Position	Deity
Raja	Sun
Mantri	Sun

Remaining governance positions (8) will populate as the engine resolves them.

Source: Nirnaya Sindhu; Suryasiddhanta. Samvatsara from the 60-year Brihaspati cycle.

Daily Directions दिशा

Direction-of-the-day lookups used in muhurta selection — Disha Shool for travel, Agnivasa for yajna, Chandra/Rahu Vasa for direction-of- gain, Shivavasa for ritual timing.

Disha Shool

North उत्तर

avoid

Source: Avoid travel toward this direction today

Chandra Vasa

West पश्चिम

favourable

Source: Direction favored by today's moon position

Rahu Vasa

North उत्तर

avoid

Source: Direction occupied by Rahu; avoid offerings facing here

Agnivasa

Patala पाताल

avoid

Source: Agni's dwelling for homa-suitability assessment

Shiva Vasa

Kailasha कैलाश

favourable

Source: Shiva's location for rudrabhisheka timing

Homahuti

Ketu केतु

avoid

Source: Khala planet: offering inauspicious (खलग्रह के मुख में होमाहुति शुभ नहीं होती)

Today’s Strength Tables

Tarabala and Chandrabala — the two classical strength lookups used in muhurta selection. If your birth nakshatra or birth rashi appears in the favourable set, the day is workable for new beginnings.

Favourable Janma Rashis Today

Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha, Tula, Dhanu, Makara

Tarabala — all 27 janma-nakshatras

#	Janma Nakshatra	Tara	Quality
1	Ashwini	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
2	Bharani	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
3	Krittika	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
4	Rohini	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
5	Mrigashira	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
6	Ardra	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
7	Punarvasu	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
8	Pushya	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
9	Ashlesha	Vadha वध	inauspicious
10	Magha	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
11	Purva Phalguni	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
12	Uttara Phalguni	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
13	Hasta	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
14	Chitra	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
15	Swati	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
16	Vishakha	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
17	Anuradha	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
18	Jyeshtha	Vadha वध	inauspicious
19	Mula	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
20	Purva Ashadha	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
21	Uttara Ashadha	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
22	Shravana	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
23	Dhanishtha	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
24	Shatabhisha	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
25	Purva Bhadrapada	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
26	Uttara Bhadrapada	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
27	Revati	Vadha वध	inauspicious

Chandrabala — all 12 janma-rashis

#	Janma Rashi	House from Janma	Favourable
1	Mesha	7	yes
2	Vrishabha	6	yes
3	Mithuna	5	no
4	Karka	4	no
5	Simha	3	yes
6	Kanya	2	no
7	Tula	1	yes
8	Vrishchika	12	no
9	Dhanu	11	yes
10	Makara	10	yes
11	Kumbha	9	no
12	Meena	8	no

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Brihat Samhita. Tarabala uses the 9-cycle from janma-nakshatra to today’s nakshatra.

Udaya Lagna (Rising Sign) Timeline

Which rashi is rising on the eastern horizon at each point of the day. Segment width is proportional to the actual rising duration.

All 13 segments (text)

#	Rashi	Start	End
8	Vrishchika वृश्चिक	06:45	09:05
9	Dhanu धनु	09:05	11:05
10	Makara मकर	11:05	12:35
11	Kumbha कुम्भ	12:35	13:45
12	Meena मीन	13:45	14:55
1	Mesha मेष	14:55	16:15
2	Vrishabha वृषभ	16:15	18:05
3	Mithuna मिथुन	18:05	20:20
4	Karka कर्क	20:20	22:55
5	Simha सिंह	22:55	01:30
6	Kanya कन्या	01:30	04:00
7	Tula तुला	04:00	06:35
8	Vrishchika वृश्चिक	06:35	06:45

Panchaka Rahita Muhurta पञ्चक रहित मुहूर्त

15 classical day-muhurta segments labelled by panchaka category. Green = auspicious; rose = avoid. Width is proportional to actual duration.

All 15 segments (text)

#	Label	Start	End	Quality
1	Chora चोर	06:45	07:24	inauspicious
2	Shubha शुभ	07:24	08:02	auspicious
3	Roga रोग	08:02	08:41	inauspicious
4	Mrityu मृत्यु	08:41	09:20	inauspicious
5	Agni अग्नि	09:20	09:58	inauspicious
6	Raja राज	09:58	10:37	inauspicious
7	Chora चोर	10:37	11:16	inauspicious
8	Shubha शुभ	11:16	11:54	auspicious
9	Roga रोग	11:54	12:33	inauspicious
10	Mrityu मृत्यु	12:33	13:12	inauspicious
11	Agni अग्नि	13:12	13:50	inauspicious
12	Raja राज	13:50	14:29	inauspicious
13	Chora चोर	14:29	15:08	inauspicious
14	Shubha शुभ	15:08	15:46	auspicious
15	Roga रोग	15:46	16:25	inauspicious

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Nirnaya Sindhu.

Season & Sun Path

Vedic ritu, ayana, day/night length, and solar-noon — the seasonal scaffolding around today’s panchang.

Ritu (Vedic)

Hemantaहेमन्त

Ritu (Drik)

Sharadशरद्

Ayana

Dakshinayanaदक्षिणायन

Dinamana

9h 40m

Ratrimana

14h 20m

Madhyahna

11:35

Source: Suryasiddhanta. Dinamana = sunrise→sunset minutes; Madhyahna = local solar noon.

Choghadiya - Chicago, 18 November 2025

On Tuesday, the 18th of November 2025, the Vedic calendar in Chicago carries a day of particular rhythmic quality. Sunrise arrives at 6:45 AM and dipping below the horizon at 4:25 PM, bringing 9 hours 40 minutes of daylight. The tithi is Chaturdashi of Krishna side of the lunar month, and the nakshatra of the day is Swati. The day carries the Saubhagya yoga, completing the core panchang signature for 2025-11-18. Brahma Muhurta, the pre-dawn meditation window, runs from 5:09 AM to 5:57 AM.

In Chicago, Rahu Kala runs from 2:00 PM to 3:13 PM — the period to avoid for new endeavours. The inauspicious direction (Disha Shool) for Tuesday is North; new ventures toward the North are traditionally deferred. On the auspicious side, Labh choghadiya, running 10:23 AM to 11:35 AM, stands out as the best muhurta. Swati nakshatra is under the lordship of Rahu, bringing the ancient panchang frame into direct contact with Chicago's horizon.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rahu Kaal in Chicago on 18 November 2025?

In Chicago on 18 November 2025, Rahu Kaal runs from 2:00 PM to 3:13 PM. This 90-minute window is governed by Rahu and is traditionally avoided for starting new work, travel, or auspicious ceremonies. The timing shifts daily based on local sunrise, so it differs from city to city.

Why is sunrise in Chicago on 18 November 2025 at 6:45 AM?

Sunrise at 6:45 AM in Chicago on 18 November 2025 is determined by the city's geographic latitude (41.88°N) and the Earth's axial tilt on this date. The exact sunrise and sunset (4:25 PM) define the length of the Vedic day and anchor all panchang calculations — from Rahu Kaal to the choghadiya slots — to Chicago's local horizon.

What yoga is operative in Chicago on 18 November 2025?

The yoga operative in Chicago on 18 November 2025 is Saubhagya, active from 8:39 PM to 9:30 PM local time. In the Vedic panchang, yoga is calculated from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon and cycles through 27 named yogas. Saubhagya yoga carries its own quality and influences the day's overall character — affecting the auspiciousness of activities begun during its span.

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Hanuman Chalisa & Mantra Japa

हनुमान चालीसा एवं मन्त्र जप

- Hanuman Chalisa (Tulsidas), Parashurama Samhita

Angaraka Chaturdashi Puja

अङ्गारक चतुर्दशी पूजा

- Parashurama Samhita, Hanuman Tantra

Shakuni Karana Shanti

शकुनि करण शान्ति

- Muhurta Chintamani, Dharmasindhu

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शिकागो — 18 नवम्बर

सूर्योदय: प्रातः 06:45
सूर्यास्त: अपराह्ण 16:25
तिथि: चतुर्दशी (कृष्ण पक्ष)
नक्षत्र: स्वाती (द्वितीय पाद)
राहु काल: अपराह्ण 14:00–अपराह्ण 15:13
शुभ चौघड़िया: लाभ (प्रातः 10:23–प्रातः 11:35)