Chicago panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:24 Moonrise 11:07 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 16:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 14:07 – 15:16
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
Night
16:24 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:01, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
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) 02:31 – 00:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:40 – 13:09 next day
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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:23
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:24 – 18:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:16 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:59 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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