Chicago panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 12:43 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 19:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:54 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 18:02
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:44 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:21
- Nakshatra Swati until 20:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 16:53
- Karana Taitila until 07:21, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 18:02
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. 04:41 – 05:22
- 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 19:44 – 21:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 11:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:11 – 12:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:54 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 18:02 | Good |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:37 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:29 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:40 Libra
- 13:40 – 16:07 Scorpio
- 16:07 – 18:07 Sagittarius
- 18:07 – 19:36 Capricorn
- 19:36 – 20:47 Aquarius
- 20:47 – 21:56 Pisces
- 21:56 – 23:16 Aries
- 23:16 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 05:56 next day Cancer
- 05:56 – 06:04 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