Chicago panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 03:37 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:31
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:52 to 07:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:59
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 19:59, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:31
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. 05:30 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:52 – 21:19
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:59 – 07:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:32 | Bad |
| Char | 11:32 – 13:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:00 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 18:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:24 – 21:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:56 – 23:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:27 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:31 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:03 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:06 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:25 Pisces
- 08:25 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:32 next day Scorpio
- 02:32 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:06 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