Chicago panchang, 16 March 2028
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 01:08 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:00 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:34
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:57 to 06:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:56 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:24 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 12:09
- Karana Vishti until 17:43, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:34
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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 10:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 10:24
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:30 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Char | 11:29 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:58 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:27 – 21:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:58 – 23:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:28 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:41 Leo
- 18:41 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:48 Libra
- 23:48 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:55 next day Aquarius
- 06:55 – 06:59 next day Pisces
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method