Chicago panchang, 25 September 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 18:08 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:12 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:41 – 17:11
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:41 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 12:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 02:47 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:37, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:03 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:21 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:37 – 19:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:03 – 00:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 14:53 – 16:56
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. 05:06 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:41 – 14:11 | Good |
| Rog | 14:11 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:41 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:11 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:41 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:42 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:43 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:36 Virgo
- 08:36 – 11:11 Libra
- 11:11 – 13:37 Scorpio
- 13:37 – 15:38 Sagittarius
- 15:38 – 17:07 Capricorn
- 17:07 – 18:18 Aquarius
- 18:18 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:34 Taurus
- 22:34 – 00:53 next day Gemini
- 00:53 – 03:26 next day Cancer
- 03:26 – 06:00 next day Leo
- 06:00 – 06:43 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