Chicago panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 10:29 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 19:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 16:21 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta 17:57 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam 18:04 – 19:47
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:47 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 06:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:38
- Karana Vishti until 06:23, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 06:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:49 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:57 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:04 – 19:47
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:23 – 17:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:31 – 06:02 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. 04:39 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 21:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:01 – 06:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 17:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:20 – 21:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 11:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:11 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:55 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:07 Cancer
- 06:07 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 11:14 Virgo
- 11:14 – 13:48 Libra
- 13:48 – 16:15 Scorpio
- 16:15 – 18:15 Sagittarius
- 18:15 – 19:44 Capricorn
- 19:44 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:12 next day Taurus
- 01:12 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 06:02 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