Chicago panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 17:27 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 19:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam 16:15 – 17:56
- Durmuhurta 17:49 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam 17:56 – 19:37
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:49 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:37 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:49
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 20:34
- Karana Vishti until 17:49, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:49 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:56 – 19:37
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. 04:44 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 07:14
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 07:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 07:14
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 11:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:11 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:37 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 08:13 Leo
- 08:13 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:47 Scorpio
- 15:47 – 17:47 Sagittarius
- 17:47 – 19:17 Capricorn
- 19:17 – 20:28 Aquarius
- 20:28 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 05:36 next day Cancer
- 05:36 – 06:09 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