Chicago panchang, 18 February 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 02:21 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:05
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:25 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 14:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 04:43 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:54, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 14:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:31 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 03:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:43 – 05:55 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:43 – 03:31 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. 04:57 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:25 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:05 Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 06:34 Capricorn
- 06:34 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 08:53 Pisces
- 08:53 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:01 Taurus
- 12:01 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:53 Cancer
- 16:53 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 21:59 Virgo
- 21:59 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 03:00 next day Scorpio
- 03:00 – 05:01 next day Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 06:30 next day Capricorn
- 06:30 – 06:42 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