Chicago panchang, 17 March 2028
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 02:09 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 15:58 – 17:28
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:58 to 06:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:23
- Karana Balava until 18:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:25 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:23 – 11:15 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:59 – 11:25
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. 05:22 – 06:11
- 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 18:58 – 21:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:05 – 11:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:59 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Char | 17:28 – 18:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:28 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:58 – 23:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:28 – 00:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:58 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:57 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
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:55 Aquarius
- 06:55 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:30 Gemini
- 13:30 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:44 Libra
- 23:44 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:51 next day Aquarius
- 06:51 – 06:57 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