Chicago panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:40 Moonrise 02:04 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 16:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:28 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:47
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:40 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:40 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 03:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 09:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 07:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:42 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:41 – 16:59
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. 05:20 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:40 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:28 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:19 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:40 | Good |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:29 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:19 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 07:17 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 12:37 Aries
- 12:37 – 14:25 Taurus
- 14:25 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:17 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