Chicago panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 15:22 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:40 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:15 – 15:47
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:51 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:22 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 04:52 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:47
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. 05:02 – 05:49
- 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 18:51 – 21:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 06:37 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:13 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:40 | Good |
| Rog | 09:40 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:15 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:19 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:48 – 23:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:16 – 00:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:44 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:40 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:27 Leo
- 06:27 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 14:01 Scorpio
- 14:01 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 18:42 Aquarius
- 18:42 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:16 next day Gemini
- 01:16 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 06:23 next day Leo
- 06:23 – 06:37 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