Chicago panchang, 10 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:37 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 16:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:18
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:37 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:37 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Moon enters Libra
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:50
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:42 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:22 Moon enters Libra
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:57 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 06:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 06:42 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 – 06:19
- 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 16:37 – 19:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 07:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:18 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:27 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:18 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 12:45 Aries
- 12:45 – 14:33 Taurus
- 14:33 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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