Chicago panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 19:54 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 12:40 – 14:08
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 17:05
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:34 to 06:47 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:25 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 16:50
- Karana Bava until 17:34, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:43 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 17:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:50 – 18:02
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. 05:09 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:06 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:12 – 12:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:40 – 14:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:08 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 17:05 | Good |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:05 – 21:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:37 – 23:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:09 – 00:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:41 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:44 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:47 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
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:48 Leo
- 05:48 – 08:21 Virgo
- 08:21 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:22 Scorpio
- 13:22 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 16:51 Capricorn
- 16:51 – 18:02 Aquarius
- 18:02 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 20:31 Aries
- 20:31 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 06:47 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