Chicago panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 17:30 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:32 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:28
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:52 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:06 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 02:32 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:21, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:06 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:28
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:06 – 12:57 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:32 – 04:32 next day
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. 05:29 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 17:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:32 – 13:00 | Good |
| Rog | 13:00 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 00:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:59 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:06 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:04 Capricorn
- 06:04 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:00 next day Capricorn
- 06:00 – 07:06 next day Aquarius
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