Chicago panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 09:18 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 19:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 12:46 – 14:20
- Gulika Kalam 15:54 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta 17:21 – 18:12
- Rahu Kalam 17:28 – 19:02
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:56 Moon enters Libra
Night
19:02 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:37
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:25 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 02:16 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:33, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:56 Moon enters Libra
- 20:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:46 – 14:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:21 – 18:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:28 – 19:02
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. 04:58 – 05:44
- 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 19:02 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 11:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:25 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:38 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:46 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:20 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:28 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:46 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:38 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:51 Leo
- 06:51 – 09:24 Virgo
- 09:24 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:25 Sagittarius
- 16:25 – 17:54 Capricorn
- 17:54 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:21 Taurus
- 23:21 – 01:40 next day Gemini
- 01:40 – 04:13 next day Cancer
- 04:13 – 06:31 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