Chicago panchang, 18 March 2027
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 14:47 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:58 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:35
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:59 to 06:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 15:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:51 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:04
- Karana Vishti until 15:21, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 15:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:04 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:37 – 15:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:58 – 11:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:35
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. 05:22 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:58 – 16:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 16:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:58 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:58 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:28 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:27 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 16:02 Cancer
- 16:02 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 21:08 Virgo
- 21:08 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:09 next day Scorpio
- 02:09 – 04:09 next day Sagittarius
- 04:09 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 06:50 next day Aquarius
- 06:50 – 06:57 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