Chicago panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 19:21 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:13
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:36 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:44
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:43
- Karana Gara until 08:44, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 06:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:40 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:13
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. 05:08 – 05:57
- 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 18:36 – 21:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:40 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:38 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:10 – 00:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:41 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:44 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:46 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:52 Leo
- 05:52 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:59 Libra
- 10:59 – 13:26 Scorpio
- 13:26 – 15:26 Sagittarius
- 15:26 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 18:06 Aquarius
- 18:06 – 19:15 Pisces
- 19:15 – 20:35 Aries
- 20:35 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 03:14 next day Cancer
- 03:14 – 05:48 next day Leo
- 05:48 – 06:46 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