Chicago panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 08:28 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 16:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:25 – 15:37
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:49 to 07:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:31
- Karana Kaulava until 15:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:31 – 07:28 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:14 – 02:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:28 – 07:13 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. 05:18 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:13 – 07:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:28 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:26 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:25 – 15:37 | Good |
| Rog | 15:37 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:13 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
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 10:45 Pisces
- 10:45 – 12:06 Aries
- 12:06 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:45 Cancer
- 18:45 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 07:13 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