Chicago panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 21:56 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:27
- 09:29 Moon enters Libra
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:37 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:49
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:25 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:29 Moon enters Libra
- 16:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:27
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. 04:45 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:14 Pisces
- 08:14 – 09:34 Aries
- 09:34 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 21:20 Virgo
- 21:20 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 06:27 next day Aquarius
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