Chicago panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 19:00 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 19:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:32
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
19:32 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 22:39
- Nakshatra Shravana until 14:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:25
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:39 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 22:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:05 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:25 – 23:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:05 – 11:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:18 – 06:12 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. 04:46 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 14:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:32 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:28 Cancer
- 05:28 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:34 Virgo
- 10:34 – 13:09 Libra
- 13:09 – 15:35 Scorpio
- 15:35 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 20:16 Aquarius
- 20:16 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 22:45 Aries
- 22:45 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:51 next day Gemini
- 02:51 – 05:24 next day Cancer
- 05:24 – 06:12 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