Chicago panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 17:05 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 06:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:26 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:26
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:01 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:54
- Karana Vanija until 06:26, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:26 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:26 – 17:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 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 – 06:23 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