Chicago panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 08:09 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 19:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:20 – 15:55
- 08:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:03 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:38
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 03:13 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 02:37 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:37 – 06:30 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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:37 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Char | 12:46 – 14:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:20 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:29 – 19:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:29 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:55 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:46 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:30 next day | Good |
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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:55 Leo
- 06:55 – 09:28 Virgo
- 09:28 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 20:18 Pisces
- 20:18 – 21:38 Aries
- 21:38 – 23:25 Taurus
- 23:25 – 01:44 next day Gemini
- 01:44 – 04:17 next day Cancer
- 04:17 – 06:30 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