Chicago panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 23:34 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:06
- Yamaganda 16:03 – 17:40
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:17 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:44
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 02:17 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:48 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:14 – 06:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:40
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. 04:52 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:17 – 21:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:03 – 23:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:26 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:53 Cancer
- 04:53 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:33 Libra
- 12:33 – 15:00 Scorpio
- 15:00 – 17:00 Sagittarius
- 17:00 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 19:41 Aquarius
- 19:41 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 23:57 Taurus
- 23:57 – 02:15 next day Gemini
- 02:15 – 04:49 next day Cancer
- 04:49 – 06:21 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