Chicago panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 11:29 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 15:58 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta 17:22 – 18:10
- Rahu Kalam 17:28 – 18:58
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:58 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:23
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:23, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:22 – 18:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:28 – 18:58
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. 05:23 – 06:11
- 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 18:58 – 21:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:59 – 10:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:59 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:58 | Good |
| Rog | 15:58 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:28 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:28 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 06:57 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
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:51 next day Aquarius
- 06:51 – 06:57 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