Chicago panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 01:45 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 19:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:55 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 16:26 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta 18:05 – 19:01
- Rahu Kalam 18:12 – 19:57
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:57 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:57 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:31
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 15:34
- Karana Kaulava until 11:04, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:34 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:34 – 16:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:05 – 19:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:12 – 19:57
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. 04:34 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:55 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:56 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:10 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 05:55 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:35 Cancer
- 06:35 – 09:08 Leo
- 09:08 – 11:41 Virgo
- 11:41 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:42 Scorpio
- 16:42 – 18:42 Sagittarius
- 18:42 – 20:12 Capricorn
- 20:12 – 21:23 Aquarius
- 21:23 – 22:31 Pisces
- 22:31 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:58 next day Gemini
- 03:58 – 05:55 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