Chicago panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 00:44 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 11:34 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 13:24 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:30
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:49 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:57
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:35 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 21:51
- Karana Vanija until 12:57, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:24 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:51 – 23:03
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. 05:34 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:13 – 07:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:22 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:27 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 08:37 Pisces
- 08:37 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:45 Taurus
- 11:45 – 14:03 Gemini
- 14:03 – 16:36 Cancer
- 16:36 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 00:17 next day Libra
- 00:17 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:11 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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method