Chicago panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 13:26 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 19:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 13:21 – 14:10
- Yamaganda 16:02 – 17:36
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
19:09 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Pushya until 04:20 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:40
- Karana Taitila until 10:54, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:21 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 04:20 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:20 – 06:41 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. 05:10 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 04:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:16 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:56 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:02 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 17:59 Leo
- 17:59 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:33 next day Scorpio
- 01:33 – 03:33 next day Sagittarius
- 03:33 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:14 next day Aquarius
- 06:14 – 06:41 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