Chicago panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 15:13 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:28
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:48 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:52 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:26
- Karana Kaulava until 16:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:52 next day Moon enters Leo
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:28
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. 04:34 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:52 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:12 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:19 Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:47 Taurus
- 10:47 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 18:12 Leo
- 18:12 – 20:45 Virgo
- 20:45 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:46 next day Scorpio
- 01:46 – 03:46 next day Sagittarius
- 03:46 – 05:15 next day Capricorn
- 05:15 – 06:12 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