Chicago panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 03:00 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 19:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 07:45 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:59
- 07:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 07:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:00 to 06:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:00
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:15
- Karana Kaulava until 07:00, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 07:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:49 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:45 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:59
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. 05:21 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:00 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:27 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:28 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Char | 12:58 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:29 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:58 – 23:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:28 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:57 – 02:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:27 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:26 – 06:55 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
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:40 Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:51 Aquarius
- 06:51 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:36 next day Capricorn
- 05:36 – 06:47 next day Aquarius
- 06:47 – 06:55 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