Chicago panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:00 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:58 – 14:29
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:00 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:07
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 10:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 07:07
- Karana Taitila until 14:07, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 08:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:58 – 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. 05:20 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:00 – 21:23
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:20 – 06:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:20 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:58 | Good |
| Rog | 12:58 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:30 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:28 | Good |
| Char | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:54 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:04 Taurus
- 11:04 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:56 Cancer
- 15:56 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:44 next day Aquarius
- 06:44 – 06:54 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