Chicago panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 13:49 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 19:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:36
- 08:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:43 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 17:14
- Karana Vanija until 08:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Indra
- 21:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:36
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:38 – 06:05 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. 04:41 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:43 – 21:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:04 – 08:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:38 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:36 Libra
- 13:36 – 16:03 Scorpio
- 16:03 – 18:03 Sagittarius
- 18:03 – 19:32 Capricorn
- 19:32 – 20:43 Aquarius
- 20:43 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:12 Aries
- 23:12 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 05:52 next day Cancer
- 05:52 – 06:05 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