Chicago panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 07:29 Pausha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:24 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:30 – 16:08
- Rahu Kalam 15:35 – 16:47
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
16:47 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 09:41
- Karana Naga until 13:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 00:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:41 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:30 – 16:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 16:47
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. 05:19 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 00:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:26 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:24 | Good |
| Rog | 14:24 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:24 | Good |
| Char | 20:24 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 10:53 Pisces
- 10:53 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:20 Gemini
- 16:20 – 18:53 Cancer
- 18:53 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 02:34 next day Libra
- 02:34 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:00 next day Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 07:14 next day Capricorn
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