Chicago panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 08:24 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:47
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:37 Moon enters Aries
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:30 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:40
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 01:38 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:37 Moon enters Aries
- 12:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:38 – 07:37
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. 04:53 – 05:46
- 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 17:30 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 07:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:37 next day | Good |
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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 08:40 Pisces
- 08:40 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:39 Cancer
- 16:39 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:46 Virgo
- 21:46 – 00:20 next day Libra
- 00:20 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:47 next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 06:37 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