Chicago panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 05:41 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:26
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:31 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 01:57 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:28 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 07:17
- Karana Vishti until 12:35, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:35 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:57 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:02 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:17 – 19:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:28 – 06:35 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. 04:51 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:25 Aquarius
- 07:25 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:34 Cancer
- 16:34 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:40 Virgo
- 21:40 – 00:14 next day Libra
- 00:14 – 02:41 next day Scorpio
- 02:41 – 04:41 next day Sagittarius
- 04:41 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 06:35 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