Chicago panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 07:17 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:25
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:26 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 11:15
- Karana Balava until 17:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:25
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:26 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 04:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:41 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:03 Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 08:51 Pisces
- 08:51 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:18 Gemini
- 14:18 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 00:32 next day Libra
- 00:32 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 04:59 next day Sagittarius
- 04:59 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:41 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