Chicago panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 18:04 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 19:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:54
- 06:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:36 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
19:35 to 06:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:51
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:11
- Karana Bava until 06:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:36 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 09:58
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:58 – 05:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 06:10 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. 04:45 – 05:27
- 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 19:35 – 21:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:09 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:35 | Good |
| Char | 19:35 – 20:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:10 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 08:09 Leo
- 08:09 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 13:17 Libra
- 13:17 – 15:43 Scorpio
- 15:43 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 22:53 Aries
- 22:53 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:32 next day Cancer
- 05:32 – 06:10 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