Chicago panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 07:15 CDT Sunset 18:48 CDT Moonrise 00:44 CDT next day Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 CDT to 18:48 CDT- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 CDT – 13:24 CDT
- Yamaganda 13:01 CDT – 14:28 CDT
- Gulika Kalam 15:54 CDT – 17:21 CDT
- Durmuhurta 17:15 CDT – 18:01 CDT
- Rahu Kalam 17:21 CDT – 18:48 CDT
- 10:41 CDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:41 CDT Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:48 CDT to 07:13 CDT next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:48 CDT – 21:17 CDT
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 CDT – 06:23 CDT Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 CDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:00 CDT Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:47 CDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:41 CDT
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:41 CDT next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:05 CDT
- Karana Taitila until 10:41 CDT, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:41 CDT Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:41 CDT Karana becomes Gara
- 21:05 CDT Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:00 CDT Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:47 CDT Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 CDT next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 CDT – 14:28 CDT
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 CDT – 17:21 CDT
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:15 CDT – 18:01 CDT
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:21 CDT – 18:48 CDT
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 CDT – 05:41 CDT next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 CDT – 07:13 CDT 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. 05:35 CDT – 06:25 CDT
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 CDT – 13:24 CDT
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 CDT – 21:17 CDT
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 CDT – 07:13 CDT next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 CDT – 08:41 CDT | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:41 CDT – 10:08 CDT | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:08 CDT – 11:35 CDT | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 CDT – 13:01 CDT | Good |
| Kaal | 13:01 CDT – 14:28 CDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 CDT – 15:54 CDT | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 CDT – 17:21 CDT | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:21 CDT – 18:48 CDT | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 CDT – 20:21 CDT | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:21 CDT – 21:54 CDT | Good |
| Char | 21:54 CDT – 23:27 CDT | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:27 CDT – 01:00 CDT next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:00 CDT – 02:33 CDT next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 CDT – 04:07 CDT next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 CDT – 05:40 CDT next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:40 CDT – 07:13 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
- 07:15 CDT NowSun
- 08:12 CDT NowVenus
- 09:10 CDT NowMercury
- 10:08 CDT NowMoon
- 11:06 CDT NowSaturn
- 12:03 CDT NowJupiter
- 13:01 CDT NowMars
- 13:59 CDT NowSun
- 14:57 CDT NowVenus
- 15:54 CDT NowMercury
- 16:52 CDT NowMoon
- 17:50 CDT NowSaturn
- 18:48 CDT NowJupiter
- 19:50 CDT NowMars
- 20:52 CDT NowSun
- 21:54 CDT NowVenus
- 22:56 CDT NowMercury
- 23:58 CDT NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 CDT NowSaturn
- 02:02 CDT NowJupiter
- 03:05 CDT NowMars
- 04:07 CDT NowSun
- 05:09 CDT NowVenus
- 06:11 CDT NowMercury
- 07:15 CDT NowSun
- 08:15 CDT NowVenus
- 09:15 CDT NowMercury
- 10:15 CDT NowMoon
- 11:15 CDT NowSaturn
- 12:15 CDT NowJupiter
- 13:15 CDT NowMars
- 14:15 CDT NowSun
- 15:15 CDT NowVenus
- 16:15 CDT NowMercury
- 17:15 CDT NowMoon
- 18:15 CDT NowSaturn
- 19:15 CDT NowJupiter
- 20:15 CDT NowMars
- 21:15 CDT NowSun
- 22:15 CDT NowVenus
- 23:15 CDT NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 CDT NowMoon
- 01:15 CDT NowSaturn
- 02:15 CDT NowJupiter
- 03:15 CDT NowMars
- 04:15 CDT NowSun
- 05:15 CDT NowVenus
- 06:15 CDT NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 CDT – 06:21 CDT Capricorn
- 06:21 CDT – 07:32 CDT Aquarius
- 07:32 CDT – 08:41 CDT Pisces
- 08:41 CDT – 10:01 CDT Aries
- 10:01 CDT – 11:49 CDT Taurus
- 11:49 CDT – 14:07 CDT Gemini
- 14:07 CDT – 16:40 CDT Cancer
- 16:40 CDT – 19:14 CDT Leo
- 19:14 CDT – 21:47 CDT Virgo
- 21:47 CDT – 00:21 CDT next day Libra
- 00:21 CDT – 02:48 CDT next day Scorpio
- 02:48 CDT – 04:48 CDT next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 CDT – 06:17 CDT next day Capricorn
- 06:17 CDT – 07:13 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