Chicago panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 21:38 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 20:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:45 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:31
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
20:07 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:15 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:53
- Karana Vishti until 12:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:15 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:53 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:23 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 11:08
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:53 – 15:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:31
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. 04:28 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:07 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:37 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:57 – 02:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:09 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 05:46 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
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:33 Gemini
- 04:33 – 07:06 Cancer
- 07:06 – 09:40 Leo
- 09:40 – 12:13 Virgo
- 12:13 – 14:47 Libra
- 14:47 – 17:14 Scorpio
- 17:14 – 19:14 Sagittarius
- 19:14 – 20:43 Capricorn
- 20:43 – 21:54 Aquarius
- 21:54 – 23:03 Pisces
- 23:03 – 00:23 next day Aries
- 00:23 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 05:46 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