Chicago panchang, 25 January 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 10:19 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 16:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta 15:37 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam 15:42 – 16:55
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:55 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:40
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 01:03 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:41
- Karana Vanija until 11:40, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 22:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:37 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:42 – 16:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:03 – 07:09 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:09 – 04:08 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 – 06:13
- 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 16:55 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 01:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:42 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 05:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:23 – 07:09 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 10:26 Pisces
- 10:26 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:34 Taurus
- 13:34 – 15:52 Gemini
- 15:52 – 18:25 Cancer
- 18:25 – 20:59 Leo
- 20:59 – 23:32 Virgo
- 23:32 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 07:09 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