Chicago panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 10:48 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 16:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 14:59
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:56 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:48
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 18:49
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:15 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 14:59
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. 05:15 – 06:12
- 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 16:56 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:39 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:43 – 16:56 | Good |
| Char | 16:56 – 18:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:43 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 07:08 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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:02 Capricorn
- 08:02 – 09:13 Aquarius
- 09:13 – 10:22 Pisces
- 10:22 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:48 Gemini
- 15:48 – 18:22 Cancer
- 18:22 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 23:28 Virgo
- 23:28 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 07:08 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