Chicago panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 09:33 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 16:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:40
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:53 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:46 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 02:31 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:40
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. 05:17 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 23:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:16 – 07:11 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:46 – 07:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:46 – 07:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:46 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:11 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 09:25 Aquarius
- 09:25 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 11:54 Aries
- 11:54 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 02:14 next day Libra
- 02:14 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:41 next day Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 07:11 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