Chicago panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 00:43 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:27
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
19:58 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 06:21 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:08
- Karana Bava until 14:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 11:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:27
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:52 – 06:21
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. 04:33 – 05:13
- 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 19:58 – 21:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 06:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:10 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 18:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:56 – 02:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:10 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 05:53 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
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:39 Cancer
- 06:39 – 09:12 Leo
- 09:12 – 11:45 Virgo
- 11:45 – 14:19 Libra
- 14:19 – 16:46 Scorpio
- 16:46 – 18:46 Sagittarius
- 18:46 – 20:15 Capricorn
- 20:15 – 21:27 Aquarius
- 21:27 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 23:56 Aries
- 23:56 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 04:02 next day Gemini
- 04:02 – 05:53 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