Chicago panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 07:27 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 16:00 – 17:30
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:57 Moon enters Aries
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:01 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 11:45
- Karana Kaulava until 16:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:57 Moon enters Aries
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:30
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. 05:19 – 06:07
- 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 19:01 – 21:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:54 – 15:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 15:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:57 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:56 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:58 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:30 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 02:00 next day Scorpio
- 02:00 – 04:01 next day Sagittarius
- 04:01 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
- 06:41 – 06:53 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