Chicago panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 09:25 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:21
- 08:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:42 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:32 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:32
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 19:53
- Karana Gara until 08:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:42 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 06:27 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:53 – 16:56 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. 04:51 – 05:43
- 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 17:32 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:37 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:12 Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 08:32 Pisces
- 08:32 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:31 Cancer
- 16:31 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 00:12 next day Libra
- 00:12 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:08 next day Capricorn
- 06:08 – 06:34 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