Chicago panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 20:26 Moonrise 00:16 Jyeshtha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 20:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:48
- 05:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:30 Moon enters Aries
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:26 to 05:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:26 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:08 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 05:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:42
- Karana Taitila until 13:05, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:30 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:30 Moon enters Aries
- 13:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:25 – 05:30
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:30 – 04:26 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:26 – 05:25 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. 04:13 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:26 – 22:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:26 – 21:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:33 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 06:07 Gemini
- 06:07 – 08:41 Cancer
- 08:41 – 11:14 Leo
- 11:14 – 13:47 Virgo
- 13:47 – 16:21 Libra
- 16:21 – 18:48 Scorpio
- 18:48 – 20:48 Sagittarius
- 20:48 – 22:17 Capricorn
- 22:17 – 23:29 Aquarius
- 23:29 – 00:37 next day Pisces
- 00:37 – 01:57 next day Aries
- 01:57 – 03:45 next day Taurus
- 03:45 – 05:25 next day Gemini
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 CDT (UTC-5) · Method