Chicago panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 02:59 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 19:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:40 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 11:10 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 17:07
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:56 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:56 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 18:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 07:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 18:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:24 – 04:53 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. 04:35 – 05:15
- 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 19:56 – 21:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:39 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:40 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 11:10 | Good |
| Rog | 11:10 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:25 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:56 | Good |
| Char | 19:56 – 21:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 09:04 Leo
- 09:04 – 11:37 Virgo
- 11:37 – 14:12 Libra
- 14:12 – 16:38 Scorpio
- 16:38 – 18:38 Sagittarius
- 18:38 – 20:08 Capricorn
- 20:08 – 21:19 Aquarius
- 21:19 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 23:48 Aries
- 23:48 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:54 next day Gemini
- 03:54 – 05:56 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