Chicago panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 20:19 Moonrise 12:46 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 20:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 13:26 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:22
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:19 to 05:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:19 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 08:07
- Karana Vanija until 17:33, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:39 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:24 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:26 – 14:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:39 – 05:35 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. 04:20 – 04:57
- 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 20:19 – 22:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 08:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 20:19 | Good |
| Char | 20:19 – 21:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:57 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:20 Gemini
- 05:20 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 10:27 Leo
- 10:27 – 13:00 Virgo
- 13:00 – 15:34 Libra
- 15:34 – 18:01 Scorpio
- 18:01 – 20:01 Sagittarius
- 20:01 – 21:30 Capricorn
- 21:30 – 22:41 Aquarius
- 22:41 – 23:50 Pisces
- 23:50 – 01:10 next day Aries
- 01:10 – 02:58 next day Taurus
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Gemini
- 05:16 – 05:35 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