Chicago panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 06:11 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:29
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:47 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:11 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:13
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:10 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:29
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 07:42 Pisces
- 07:42 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:08 Gemini
- 13:08 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 23:22 Libra
- 23:22 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:13 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