Chicago panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:33 Moonrise 20:39 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 16:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:15 – 15:24
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
16:33 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:33 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:23
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 08:51
- Karana Bava until 07:51, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 07:03 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 07:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:24
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) 11:38 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:33 – 19:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:15 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:24 – 20:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:15 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:48 Taurus
- 14:48 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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