Chicago panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 04:33 Shravana month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 19:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:22
- 11:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:09 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:03 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:34 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 11:22
- Karana Vishti until 13:00, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:22 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:00 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 03:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:01 – 04:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:44 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:22
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. 04:55 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:09 – 20:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:33 – 21:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:58 – 23:23 | Good |
| Char | 23:23 – 00:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:48 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 07:06 Leo
- 07:06 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 12:14 Libra
- 12:14 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:21 Aquarius
- 19:21 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:37 Taurus
- 23:37 – 01:56 next day Gemini
- 01:56 – 04:29 next day Cancer
- 04:29 – 06:26 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