Chicago panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 08:01 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 16:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:53
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:48 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 09:15
- Karana Bava until 14:44, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 03:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:53
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 16:48 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 01:37 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 01:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:26 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 16:48 | Good |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:24 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 10:49 Pisces
- 10:49 – 12:10 Aries
- 12:10 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 06:57 next day Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 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