Chicago panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 10:26 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 19:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 13:10 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:19 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:30
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:00 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:14
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:51, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:10 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:50 – 01:52 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. 04:59 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 04:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:45 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Char | 14:19 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:00 | Good |
| Char | 19:00 – 20:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:26 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:19 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:46 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 09:20 Virgo
- 09:20 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 21:30 Aries
- 21:30 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:36 next day Gemini
- 01:36 – 04:09 next day Cancer
- 04:09 – 06:32 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