Chicago panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:32 Moonrise 19:26 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 16:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta 14:05 – 14:42
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
16:32 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:32 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 00:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 11:17
- Karana Vanija until 09:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:24 – 20:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:05 – 14:42
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) 11:37 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:32 – 19:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:32 | Good |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:23 – 20:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:14 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 14:52 Taurus
- 14:52 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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