Chicago panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 11:37 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 19:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 13:21 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 17:01
- 06:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:46 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 16:59
- Karana Balava until 06:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:21 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 17:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:02 – 18:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:02 – 06:38
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. 04:40 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:46 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:28 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 18:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:03 – 19:46 | Good |
| Char | 19:46 – 21:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:37 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 11:10 Virgo
- 11:10 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 16:11 Scorpio
- 16:11 – 18:11 Sagittarius
- 18:11 – 19:40 Capricorn
- 19:40 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:20 Aries
- 23:20 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:26 next day Gemini
- 03:26 – 05:59 next day Cancer
- 05:59 – 06:03 next day Leo
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