Chicago panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 20:28 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
Night
17:44 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 19:35
- Karana Vanija until 17:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:20 – 06:37
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. 04:39 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:44 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:18 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:33 Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 07:52 Pisces
- 07:52 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:19 Gemini
- 13:19 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 18:26 Leo
- 18:26 – 20:58 Virgo
- 20:58 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
- 05:29 – 06:18 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