Chicago panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 06:19 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 14:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:28
- 10:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:58 to 06:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:52
- Karana Vishti until 10:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:53 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 19:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:39 – 06:58 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. 05:23 – 06:11
- 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 18:58 – 21:22
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:29 – 12:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:59 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:28 | Good |
| Rog | 17:28 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:28 – 21:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:58 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 06:58 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
- 07:00 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:26 Aries
- 09:26 – 11:13 Taurus
- 11:13 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:12 next day Scorpio
- 02:12 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:53 next day Aquarius
- 06:53 – 06:58 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