Chicago panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 22:45 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 20:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:16
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:24 Moon enters Aries
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:03 to 05:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:03 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 11:33
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:03
- Karana Vanija until 11:33, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:24 Moon enters Aries
- 11:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:57 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:36
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:03 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 11:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:16
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 11:33 – 05:49 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:54 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:54 – 03:53 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. 04:31 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 22:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:24 – 11:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:24 – 05:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:24 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:48 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 11:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:09 – 12:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:56 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 18:16 | Good |
| Rog | 18:16 – 20:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:10 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 05:49 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
- 05:48 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 09:28 Leo
- 09:28 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:35 Libra
- 14:35 – 17:02 Scorpio
- 17:02 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:31 Capricorn
- 20:31 – 21:42 Aquarius
- 21:42 – 22:51 Pisces
- 22:51 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 01:59 next day Taurus
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 05:49 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