Chicago panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 05:39 Ashadha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 19:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:39
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:36 Moon enters Leo
Night
19:53 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 01:46 next day
- Karana Naga until 12:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:36 Moon enters Leo
- 23:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:21 – 04:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:46 – 12:22 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. 04:36 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:53 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:57 Leo
- 08:57 – 11:29 Virgo
- 11:29 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:30 Scorpio
- 16:30 – 18:31 Sagittarius
- 18:31 – 20:00 Capricorn
- 20:00 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:46 next day Gemini
- 03:46 – 05:58 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