Chicago panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 15:51 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 11:11 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 13:20 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:58
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:40 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:19 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:48
- Karana Kaulava until 13:06, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:20 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:48 – 20:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:06 – 04:19 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. 04:43 – 05:24
- 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 19:40 – 21:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 11:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:11 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:40 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:28 Libra
- 13:28 – 15:55 Scorpio
- 15:55 – 17:55 Sagittarius
- 17:55 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 20:36 Aquarius
- 20:36 – 21:44 Pisces
- 21:44 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 00:52 next day Taurus
- 00:52 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:44 next day Cancer
- 05:44 – 06:07 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