Chicago panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:35 Moonrise 22:53 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 16:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta 14:07 – 14:44
Night
16:35 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:35 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:10 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:25 next day
- Karana Vanija until 19:35, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:07 – 14:44
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:25 – 07:49 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:19 – 02:10 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) 11:38 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:35 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 02:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:16 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:26 – 20:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:16 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 12:53 Aries
- 12:53 – 14:40 Taurus
- 14:40 – 16:59 Gemini
- 16:59 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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