Chicago panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 19:22 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:27
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 05:34 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 20:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 20:15
- Karana Taitila until 17:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:15 – 22:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:33 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:29 – 06:20 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 05:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:47 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 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 – 06:20 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