Chicago panchang, 3 March 2027
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 04:05 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:27
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:41 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:36
- Karana Bava until 06:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:50 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:37 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:54 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:42 Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:53 Aquarius
- 06:53 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 21:07 Virgo
- 21:07 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 02:08 next day Scorpio
- 02:08 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:38 next day Capricorn
- 05:38 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method