Chicago panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 20:50 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 19:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta 15:54 – 16:46
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:54 Moon enters Aries
Night
19:24 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:12
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 15:20
- Karana Bava until 09:49, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 16:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:54 – 16:46
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. 04:49 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:50 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:24 | Good |
| Char | 19:24 – 20:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:29 – 00:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:51 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:08 Cancer
- 05:08 – 07:42 Leo
- 07:42 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:16 Sagittarius
- 17:16 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 19:56 Aquarius
- 19:56 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:25 Aries
- 22:25 – 00:13 next day Taurus
- 00:13 – 02:31 next day Gemini
- 02:31 – 05:04 next day Cancer
- 05:04 – 06:17 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