Chicago panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 14:52 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 19:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:58
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:41 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 17:55
- Karana Bava until 10:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:55 – 18:48 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. 04:42 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 01:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:23 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:41 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:59 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:36 – 00:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:58 Virgo
- 10:58 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:59 Scorpio
- 15:59 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 06:06 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