Chicago panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 20:32 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 20:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:56 – 14:45
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
20:10 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:35
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:13 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 13:27
- Karana Bava until 09:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:45
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. 04:26 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:05
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:56 | Good |
| Rog | 12:56 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:22 – 20:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 00:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:57 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:45 Gemini
- 04:45 – 07:18 Cancer
- 07:18 – 09:52 Leo
- 09:52 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 14:59 Libra
- 14:59 – 17:25 Scorpio
- 17:25 – 19:26 Sagittarius
- 19:26 – 20:55 Capricorn
- 20:55 – 22:06 Aquarius
- 22:06 – 23:14 Pisces
- 23:14 – 00:35 next day Aries
- 00:35 – 02:22 next day Taurus
- 02:22 – 04:41 next day Gemini
- 04:41 – 05:43 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