Chicago panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 14:40 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 19:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 16:03
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:10 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:16
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 04:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:36
- Karana Vanija until 09:43, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:43 – 21:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 16:03
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. 05:09 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:10 – 20:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:36 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:02 – 23:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:28 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:39 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:48 Gemini
- 12:48 – 15:22 Cancer
- 15:22 – 17:55 Leo
- 17:55 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:29 next day Scorpio
- 01:29 – 03:29 next day Sagittarius
- 03:29 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 06:39 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