Chicago panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 10:08 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:11
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:33 to 06:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:56
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:56 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:56 – 18:08
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. 04:50 – 05:42
- 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 17:33 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 17:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:08 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:11 | Good |
| Rog | 16:11 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:11 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:55 – 06:32 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:28 Pisces
- 08:28 – 09:48 Aries
- 09:48 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 16:28 Cancer
- 16:28 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:34 Virgo
- 21:34 – 00:08 next day Libra
- 00:08 – 02:35 next day Scorpio
- 02:35 – 04:35 next day Sagittarius
- 04:35 – 06:04 next day Capricorn
- 06:04 – 06:32 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