Chicago panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 10:37 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:58
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:51 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:57 to 06:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:09
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 06:17 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 07:37
- Karana Vanija until 11:09, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:51 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:58
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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:30 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:28 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:27 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:58 – 23:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:28 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 06:59 next day | Good |
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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:55 next day Aquarius
- 06:55 – 06:59 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method