Chicago panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 22:42 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:29 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:34
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:58 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:03
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:03, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:34
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:29 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:28 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:58 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 06:57 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 21:10 Virgo
- 21:10 – 23:45 Libra
- 23:45 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:52 next day Aquarius
- 06:52 – 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