Chicago panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 CST Sunset 17:45 CST Moonrise 21:34 CST Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 CST to 17:45 CST- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 CST – 09:10 CST
- Durmuhurta 08:35 CST – 09:21 CST
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 CST – 12:02 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 CST – 12:25 CST
- Durmuhurta 12:25 CST – 13:10 CST
- Yamaganda 14:53 CST – 16:19 CST
- 06:23 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:23 CST Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 CST Moon enters Libra
Night
17:45 CST to 06:16 CST next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 CST – 20:15 CST
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 CST – 05:26 CST Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 CST Karana becomes Balava
- 19:22 CST Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:45 CST Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:23 CST
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:45 CST · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:22 CST
- Karana Vishti until 06:23 CST, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:23 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:23 CST Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 CST Moon enters Libra
- 19:01 CST Karana becomes Balava
- 19:22 CST Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:45 CST Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 CST – 09:10 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 CST – 09:21 CST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 CST – 12:02 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 CST – 13:10 CST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 CST – 16:19 CST
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. 04:37 CST – 05:28 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 CST – 12:25 CST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 CST – 20:15 CST
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 CST – 07:44 CST | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 CST – 09:10 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 CST – 10:36 CST | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 CST – 12:02 CST | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 CST – 13:27 CST | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 CST – 14:53 CST | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 CST – 16:19 CST | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 CST – 17:45 CST | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 CST – 19:19 CST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 CST – 20:53 CST | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 CST – 22:27 CST | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 CST – 00:01 CST next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 CST – 01:35 CST next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 CST – 03:09 CST next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 CST – 04:42 CST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 CST – 06:16 CST 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
- 06:18 CST NowVenus
- 07:15 CST NowMercury
- 08:13 CST NowMoon
- 09:10 CST NowSaturn
- 10:07 CST NowJupiter
- 11:04 CST NowMars
- 12:02 CST NowSun
- 12:59 CST NowVenus
- 13:56 CST NowMercury
- 14:53 CST NowMoon
- 15:51 CST NowSaturn
- 16:48 CST NowJupiter
- 17:45 CST NowMars
- 18:48 CST NowSun
- 19:50 CST NowVenus
- 20:53 CST NowMercury
- 21:56 CST NowMoon
- 22:58 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 CST NowJupiter
- 01:03 CST NowMars
- 02:06 CST NowSun
- 03:09 CST NowVenus
- 04:11 CST NowMercury
- 05:14 CST NowMoon
- 06:18 CST NowVenus
- 07:18 CST NowMercury
- 08:18 CST NowMoon
- 09:18 CST NowSaturn
- 10:18 CST NowJupiter
- 11:18 CST NowMars
- 12:18 CST NowSun
- 13:18 CST NowVenus
- 14:18 CST NowMercury
- 15:18 CST NowMoon
- 16:18 CST NowSaturn
- 17:18 CST NowJupiter
- 18:18 CST NowMars
- 19:18 CST NowSun
- 20:18 CST NowVenus
- 21:18 CST NowMercury
- 22:18 CST NowMoon
- 23:18 CST NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 CST NowJupiter
- 01:18 CST NowMars
- 02:18 CST NowSun
- 03:18 CST NowVenus
- 04:18 CST NowMercury
- 05:18 CST NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 CST – 05:29 CST Capricorn
- 05:29 CST – 06:40 CST Aquarius
- 06:40 CST – 07:49 CST Pisces
- 07:49 CST – 09:09 CST Aries
- 09:09 CST – 10:56 CST Taurus
- 10:56 CST – 13:15 CST Gemini
- 13:15 CST – 15:48 CST Cancer
- 15:48 CST – 18:22 CST Leo
- 18:22 CST – 20:55 CST Virgo
- 20:55 CST – 23:29 CST Libra
- 23:29 CST – 01:56 CST next day Scorpio
- 01:56 CST – 03:56 CST next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 CST – 05:25 CST next day Capricorn
- 05:25 CST – 06:16 CST 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 · each time with its zone, as the clocks change within this day · Method