Chicago panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 05:56 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:34
- 07:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:57 to 07:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 11:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:53 – 10:29 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. 05:24 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:27 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:57 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:28 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:29 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:50 Capricorn
- 05:50 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:42 Leo
- 18:42 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:50 Libra
- 23:50 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 05:46 next day Capricorn
- 05:46 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
- 06:57 – 07:00 next day Pisces
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