Chicago panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 07:03 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 19:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:57 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:35
- 07:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:00 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 17:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 14:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 07:26, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:57 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:35
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. 05:21 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:35 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:27 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:57 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 12:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:58 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:30 – 19:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:29 – 21:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:59 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:25 – 06:54 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
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:38 Capricorn
- 05:38 – 06:49 Aquarius
- 06:49 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:18 Aries
- 09:18 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 21:03 Virgo
- 21:03 – 23:38 Libra
- 23:38 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:34 next day Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
- 06:45 – 06:54 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