Chicago panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 09:55 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 16:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:28
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:54 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:05 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:05 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 00:15 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:10, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:05 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:11 – 02:05 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. 05:16 – 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 16:54 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 02:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:24 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:50 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:10 Capricorn
- 08:10 – 09:21 Aquarius
- 09:21 – 10:30 Pisces
- 10:30 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 13:38 Taurus
- 13:38 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:29 Cancer
- 18:29 – 21:03 Leo
- 21:03 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:37 next day Scorpio
- 04:37 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 07:10 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