Chicago panchang, 15 September 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 11:33 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 12:45 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:25
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:58 to 06:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:52 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:19 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:52 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:52 – 03:04 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 18:58 – 21:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:32 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 11:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:12 – 12:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:45 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:25 | Good |
| Rog | 17:25 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:25 – 21:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:52 – 23:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:19 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:45 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:39 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:06 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 18:57 Aquarius
- 18:57 – 20:06 Pisces
- 20:06 – 21:26 Aries
- 21:26 – 23:14 Taurus
- 23:14 – 01:32 next day Gemini
- 01:32 – 04:05 next day Cancer
- 04:05 – 06:33 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