Chicago panchang, 1 March 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:40 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:16
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:40 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:24
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:12 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:44
- Karana Gara until 07:43, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:47 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:44 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:16
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 03:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:24 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