Chicago panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 09:21 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 19:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:21
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:49 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 18:51
- Karana Gara until 06:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:21
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 16:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:55 – 06:01 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. 04:38 – 05:19
- 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 19:49 – 21:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 16:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:11 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Char | 12:54 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 18:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:38 – 00:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:55 – 02:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:11 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:11 Cancer
- 06:11 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 11:18 Virgo
- 11:18 – 13:52 Libra
- 13:52 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 19:48 Capricorn
- 19:48 – 20:59 Aquarius
- 20:59 – 22:08 Pisces
- 22:08 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:16 next day Taurus
- 01:16 – 03:34 next day Gemini
- 03:34 – 06:01 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