Chicago panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 03:56 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 19:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:29
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:17 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 07:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 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. 05:00 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:28 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:17 – 21:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:28 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:23 Gemini
- 12:23 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 01:03 next day Scorpio
- 01:03 – 03:04 next day Sagittarius
- 03:04 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:28 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