Chicago panchang, 11 March 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 02:45 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:28
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:51 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:49
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:28
- Karana Kaulava until 17:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:28 – 00:01 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. 05:31 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 21:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:00 | Good |
| Rog | 13:00 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:23 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:23 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:27 | Good |
| Char | 23:27 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:08 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:29 Pisces
- 08:29 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:55 Gemini
- 13:55 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:08 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