Chicago panchang, 4 March 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 02:24 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:27
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:29 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:38 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:03, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:38 – 00:02 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:29 – 06:19 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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:19 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