Chicago panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 20:22 Moonrise 06:47 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 20:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:56 – 14:47
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
20:22 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:22 – 22:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:00
- Karana Balava until 11:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:47
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. 04:17 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:22 – 22:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:30 – 22:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:31 – 20:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:31 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:40 Gemini
- 05:40 – 08:13 Cancer
- 08:13 – 10:47 Leo
- 10:47 – 13:19 Virgo
- 13:19 – 15:54 Libra
- 15:54 – 18:20 Scorpio
- 18:20 – 20:21 Sagittarius
- 20:21 – 21:50 Capricorn
- 21:50 – 23:01 Aquarius
- 23:01 – 00:10 next day Pisces
- 00:10 – 01:30 next day Aries
- 01:30 – 03:17 next day Taurus
- 03:17 – 05:31 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