Chicago panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 08:10 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 19:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 11:10 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:18
- Yamaganda 16:22 – 18:06
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:50 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:04 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 20:39
- Karana Kaulava until 08:17, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:04 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 18:06
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. 04:38 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 17:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 17:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:12 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 11:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:10 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:11 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:49 Leo
- 08:49 – 11:22 Virgo
- 11:22 – 13:56 Libra
- 13:56 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:23 Sagittarius
- 18:23 – 19:52 Capricorn
- 19:52 – 21:03 Aquarius
- 21:03 – 22:12 Pisces
- 22:12 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:38 next day Gemini
- 03:38 – 06:00 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