Chicago panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 14:34 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:58
- Yamaganda 15:48 – 17:21
- 12:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:53 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 03:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 15:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 12:14
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. 05:01 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:44 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Char | 17:21 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:21 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:49 – 23:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:16 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:44 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 09:04 Virgo
- 09:04 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 14:05 Scorpio
- 14:05 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 18:46 Aquarius
- 18:46 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:14 Aries
- 21:14 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:20 next day Gemini
- 01:20 – 03:54 next day Cancer
- 03:54 – 06:27 next day Leo
- 06:27 – 06:36 next day Virgo
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