Chicago panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 20:18 Moonrise 13:52 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 20:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:27
- 06:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:18 to 05:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:18 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 07:55
- Karana Vishti until 06:05, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:47 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 11:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:27
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. 04:21 – 04:58
- 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 20:18 – 22:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 18:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:25 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 11:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:06 – 12:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:56 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:27 | Good |
| Rog | 18:27 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:18 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:57 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:07 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:16 Gemini
- 05:16 – 07:50 Cancer
- 07:50 – 10:23 Leo
- 10:23 – 12:56 Virgo
- 12:56 – 15:30 Libra
- 15:30 – 17:57 Scorpio
- 17:57 – 19:57 Sagittarius
- 19:57 – 21:26 Capricorn
- 21:26 – 22:37 Aquarius
- 22:37 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 02:54 next day Taurus
- 02:54 – 05:12 next day Gemini
- 05:12 – 05:36 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