Chicago panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 08:00 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:07
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:28 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:53
- Karana Vanija until 14:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:53 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 14:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:22 – 01:31 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:33 – 23:33
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. 04:54 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:37 – 06:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:37 – 06:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:37 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:38 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 04:55 Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 06:24 Capricorn
- 06:24 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:51 next day Scorpio
- 02:51 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 06:20 next day Capricorn
- 06:20 – 06:38 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