Chicago panchang, 28 February 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 14:38 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:50
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:38 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:03 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:03 – 05:27 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. 04:45 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:50 – 06:26 next day | Good |
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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:20 Taurus
- 11:20 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 18:45 Leo
- 18:45 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:52 Libra
- 23:52 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 05:48 next day Capricorn
- 05:48 – 06:26 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 CST (UTC-6) · Method