Chicago panchang, 18 March 2025
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 23:46 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 18:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 09:58 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:58 – 14:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:59 – 17:29
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:59 to 06:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:39
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 07:07 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:36 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 14:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:29
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. 05:22 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Char | 09:58 – 11:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:28 – 12:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:58 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:29 | Good |
| Rog | 17:29 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:29 – 21:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:58 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:26 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:08 Taurus
- 11:08 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 21:06 Virgo
- 21:06 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:48 next day Aquarius
- 06:48 – 06:56 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