Chicago panchang, 26 September 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 11:41 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:40 – 17:09
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:39 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:34 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 11:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:20
- Karana Bava until 12:19, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:39 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:09
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. 05:07 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:39 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:34 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:41 – 14:10 | Good |
| Rog | 14:10 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:40 – 23:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:11 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:41 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:44 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:59 Leo
- 05:59 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 11:06 Libra
- 11:06 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:33 Sagittarius
- 15:33 – 17:02 Capricorn
- 17:02 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 20:42 Aries
- 20:42 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:48 next day Gemini
- 00:48 – 03:21 next day Cancer
- 03:21 – 05:55 next day Leo
- 05:55 – 06:44 next day Virgo
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