Chicago panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:30 Moonrise 16:50 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 16:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:13
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:30 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 17:45
- Karana Balava until 14:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:45 – 14:17 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. 05:21 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:21 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:13 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:00 Taurus
- 15:00 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 07:19 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