Chicago panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 18:46 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 19:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 12:57 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 16:01 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta 17:28 – 18:17
- Rahu Kalam 17:34 – 19:06
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:06 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 10:03
- Karana Vishti until 12:43, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:25 – 03:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:28 – 18:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:34 – 19:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:16 – 14:32
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. 05:13 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:06 – 21:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:47 – 00:07 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 00:07 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:07 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:47 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:19 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:24 – 12:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:57 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 16:01 | Good |
| Rog | 16:01 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:28 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:18 – 06:45 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
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 07:36 Pisces
- 07:36 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 13:02 Gemini
- 13:02 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 23:16 Libra
- 23:16 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:43 next day Sagittarius
- 03:43 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:23 next day Aquarius
- 06:23 – 06:45 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