Chicago panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 16:34 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:22
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:48 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 05:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:31, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:35 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:22
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 14:01
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:01 – 22:22
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. 05:03 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:37 – 06:39 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:22 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:17 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:45 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:52 Virgo
- 08:52 – 11:26 Libra
- 11:26 – 13:53 Scorpio
- 13:53 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 18:34 Aquarius
- 18:34 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:09 next day Gemini
- 01:09 – 03:42 next day Cancer
- 03:42 – 06:15 next day Leo
- 06:15 – 06:39 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