Chicago panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 14:37 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:58 – 14:29
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:02 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:11 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:53, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:49 – 15:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:29
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. 05:19 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:54 – 12:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:53 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:58 | Good |
| Rog | 12:58 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:31 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:52 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:32 Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:43 Aquarius
- 06:43 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:18 Gemini
- 13:18 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:57 Virgo
- 20:57 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:58 next day Scorpio
- 01:58 – 03:59 next day Sagittarius
- 03:59 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:39 next day Aquarius
- 06:39 – 06:52 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