Chicago panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 CST Sunset 17:46 CST Moonrise 22:39 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
06:16 CST to 17:46 CST- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 CST – 07:43 CST
- Durmuhurta 06:16 CST – 07:02 CST
- Durmuhurta 07:02 CST – 07:48 CST
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 CST – 10:35 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 CST – 12:24 CST
- Yamaganda 13:28 CST – 14:54 CST
- 07:47 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:47 CST Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:46 CST to 07:15 CDT next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 CST – 20:16 CST
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 CDT – 06:25 CDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 CST Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 20:41 CST Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:47 CST
- Nakshatra Swati until 03:01 CDT next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:34 CST
- Karana Balava until 07:47 CST, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:47 CST Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:47 CST Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:34 CST Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 20:41 CST Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 CST – 07:43 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 CST – 07:02 CST
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 CST – 07:48 CST
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 CST – 10:35 CST
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 CST – 14:54 CST
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:34 CST – 23:10 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. 04:36 CST – 05:26 CST
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 CST – 12:24 CST
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 CST – 20:16 CST
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 CST – 03:01 CDT next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 CST – 03:01 CDT next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 CST – 07:47 CST
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 CST – 07:43 CST | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 CST – 09:09 CST | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 CST – 10:35 CST | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 CST – 12:01 CST | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 CST – 13:28 CST | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 CST – 14:54 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 CST – 16:20 CST | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 CST – 17:46 CST | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 CST – 19:20 CST | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 CST – 20:53 CST | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 CST – 22:27 CST | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 CST – 00:01 CST next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 CST – 01:34 CST next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 CST – 04:08 CDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 CDT – 05:41 CDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:41 CDT – 07:15 CDT 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
- 06:16 CST NowSaturn
- 07:14 CST NowJupiter
- 08:11 CST NowMars
- 09:09 CST NowSun
- 10:06 CST NowVenus
- 11:04 CST NowMercury
- 12:01 CST NowMoon
- 12:59 CST NowSaturn
- 13:56 CST NowJupiter
- 14:54 CST NowMars
- 15:51 CST NowSun
- 16:49 CST NowVenus
- 17:46 CST NowMercury
- 18:49 CST NowMoon
- 19:51 CST NowSaturn
- 20:53 CST NowJupiter
- 21:56 CST NowMars
- 22:58 CST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 CST NowVenus
- 01:03 CST NowMercury
- 03:05 CDT NowMoon
- 04:08 CDT NowSaturn
- 05:10 CDT NowJupiter
- 06:12 CDT NowMars
- 06:16 CST NowSaturn
- 07:16 CST NowJupiter
- 08:16 CST NowMars
- 09:16 CST NowSun
- 10:16 CST NowVenus
- 11:16 CST NowMercury
- 12:16 CST NowMoon
- 13:16 CST NowSaturn
- 14:16 CST NowJupiter
- 15:16 CST NowMars
- 16:16 CST NowSun
- 17:16 CST NowVenus
- 18:16 CST NowMercury
- 19:16 CST NowMoon
- 20:16 CST NowSaturn
- 21:16 CST NowJupiter
- 22:16 CST NowMars
- 23:16 CST NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 CST NowVenus
- 01:16 CST NowMercury
- 03:16 CDT NowMoon
- 04:16 CDT NowSaturn
- 05:16 CDT NowJupiter
- 06:16 CDT NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 CST – 05:25 CST Capricorn
- 05:25 CST – 06:36 CST Aquarius
- 06:36 CST – 07:45 CST Pisces
- 07:45 CST – 09:05 CST Aries
- 09:05 CST – 10:52 CST Taurus
- 10:52 CST – 13:11 CST Gemini
- 13:11 CST – 15:44 CST Cancer
- 15:44 CST – 18:18 CST Leo
- 18:18 CST – 20:51 CST Virgo
- 20:51 CST – 23:25 CST Libra
- 23:25 CST – 01:52 CST next day Scorpio
- 01:52 CST – 04:52 CDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:52 CDT – 06:21 CDT next day Capricorn
- 06:21 CDT – 07:15 CDT 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