Chicago panchang, 11 September 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 06:59 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 19:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 14:02
- Yamaganda 15:56 – 17:30
- 06:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:05 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 02:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:32
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:38 Moon enters Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:39 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 14:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 01:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:23 – 02:25 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. 04:57 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:05 – 21:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:46 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:31 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:56 – 23:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:21 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:47 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:29 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:59 Leo
- 06:59 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:02 Capricorn
- 18:02 – 19:13 Aquarius
- 19:13 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 21:42 Aries
- 21:42 – 23:29 Taurus
- 23:29 – 01:48 next day Gemini
- 01:48 – 04:21 next day Cancer
- 04:21 – 06:29 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