Chicago panchang, 20 February 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 04:04 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:07 – 17:28
Night
17:28 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:23 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 05:30 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:07 – 17:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:30 – 06:19 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. 04:55 – 05:48
- 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 17:28 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:07 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:07 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 04:57 Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 06:26 Capricorn
- 06:26 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:52 Virgo
- 21:52 – 00:26 next day Libra
- 00:26 – 02:53 next day Scorpio
- 02:53 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 06:22 next day Capricorn
- 06:22 – 06:39 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