Chicago panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 10:32 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 20:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:38
- 05:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:20 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 10:15
- Karana Bava until 05:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 11:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:15 – 21:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:30 – 05:33 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. 04:19 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:20 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:20 – 21:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:57 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:33 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:28 Gemini
- 05:28 – 08:01 Cancer
- 08:01 – 10:35 Leo
- 10:35 – 13:08 Virgo
- 13:08 – 15:42 Libra
- 15:42 – 18:09 Scorpio
- 18:09 – 20:09 Sagittarius
- 20:09 – 21:38 Capricorn
- 21:38 – 22:49 Aquarius
- 22:49 – 23:58 Pisces
- 23:58 – 01:18 next day Aries
- 01:18 – 03:06 next day Taurus
- 03:06 – 05:24 next day Gemini
- 05:24 – 05:33 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