Chicago panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:36 Moonrise 23:57 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 16:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:27
- 08:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:36 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:36 – 19:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:54
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:27
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) 11:39 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:36 – 19:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:27 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:17 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:28 – 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 12:49 Aries
- 12:49 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:55 Gemini
- 16:55 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 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