Chicago panchang, 4 March 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 10:23 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:53
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:44 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:40
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:55 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:24
- Karana Bava until 14:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:24 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:53
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:20 – 08:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 08:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:40 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:44 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:02 next day Sagittarius
- 04:02 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:19 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