Chicago panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 06:55 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:44 – 16:05
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:25 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 05:28 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 12:58
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:48, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 12:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 09:46
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:46 – 06:43 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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:05 | Good |
| Rog | 16:05 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:25 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:06 Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:22 Gemini
- 14:22 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:43 next day Aquarius
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