Chicago panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 08:06 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 20:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:23
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:21 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:52
- Karana Taitila until 09:06, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:22 Moon enters Leo
- 14:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:52 – 12:16 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:23
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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:21 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:22 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:30 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:36 Gemini
- 05:36 – 08:09 Cancer
- 08:09 – 10:43 Leo
- 10:43 – 13:16 Virgo
- 13:16 – 15:50 Libra
- 15:50 – 18:17 Scorpio
- 18:17 – 20:17 Sagittarius
- 20:17 – 21:46 Capricorn
- 21:46 – 22:57 Aquarius
- 22:57 – 00:06 next day Pisces
- 00:06 – 01:26 next day Aries
- 01:26 – 03:13 next day Taurus
- 03:13 – 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