Chicago panchang, 27 September 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 18:53 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam 15:39 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:37
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:37 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:46 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:29
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:29, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:46 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:23 – 01:59 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 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 21:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:46 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:13 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:10 – 15:39 | Good |
| Rog | 15:39 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:39 | Good |
| Char | 21:39 – 23:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:10 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:56 Leo
- 05:56 – 08:29 Virgo
- 08:29 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 16:59 Capricorn
- 16:59 – 18:10 Aquarius
- 18:10 – 19:19 Pisces
- 19:19 – 20:39 Aries
- 20:39 – 22:26 Taurus
- 22:26 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 03:18 next day Cancer
- 03:18 – 05:52 next day Leo
- 05:52 – 06:45 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