Chicago panchang, 1 March 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 08:17 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:27
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:26
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:49 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 11:23
- Karana Balava until 14:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 06:24 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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:47 Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:33 Gemini
- 13:33 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:13 next day Sagittarius
- 04:13 – 05:43 next day Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:24 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