Chicago panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 20:21 Moonrise 09:21 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:26 – 14:25
- Yamaganda 16:38 – 18:30
- 07:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:21 to 05:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:21 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:13
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:16
- Karana Vanija until 07:00, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:00 – 18:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:26 – 14:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:30
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:31 – 08:05
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. 04:18 – 04:55
- 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 05:31 – 08:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:05 – 05:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:05 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:31 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:56 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:57 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:32 Gemini
- 05:32 – 08:05 Cancer
- 08:05 – 10:39 Leo
- 10:39 – 13:12 Virgo
- 13:12 – 15:46 Libra
- 15:46 – 18:13 Scorpio
- 18:13 – 20:13 Sagittarius
- 20:13 – 21:42 Capricorn
- 21:42 – 22:53 Aquarius
- 22:53 – 00:02 next day Pisces
- 00:02 – 01:22 next day Aries
- 01:22 – 03:10 next day Taurus
- 03:10 – 05:28 next day Gemini
- 05:28 – 05:32 next day Cancer
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