Chicago panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 18:30 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:40
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:39 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 11:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:38 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:38 – 06:44 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. 05:07 – 05:55
- 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 18:39 – 21:04
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Char | 12:41 – 14:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:11 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:40 – 23:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:11 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:42 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:44 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 13:33 Scorpio
- 13:33 – 15:34 Sagittarius
- 15:34 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:14 Aquarius
- 18:14 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 20:43 Aries
- 20:43 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:49 next day Gemini
- 00:49 – 03:22 next day Cancer
- 03:22 – 05:56 next day Leo
- 05:56 – 06:44 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