Chicago panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 20:34 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 17:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:20
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:50 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:08 to 06:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:40
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:34
- Karana Vishti until 12:40, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:50 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:50 – 12:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:20
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. 05:09 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:59 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 07:27 Capricorn
- 07:27 – 08:38 Aquarius
- 08:38 – 09:46 Pisces
- 09:46 – 11:07 Aries
- 11:07 – 12:54 Taurus
- 12:54 – 15:13 Gemini
- 15:13 – 17:46 Cancer
- 17:46 – 20:20 Leo
- 20:20 – 22:52 Virgo
- 22:52 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 06:59 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