Chicago panchang, 1 October 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 21:30 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 18:30- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta 10:42 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:07 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:23 – 16:10
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:30 to 06:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:48
- Karana Gara until 12:55, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:57 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:10 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:42 – 11:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:48 – 07:47 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:23 – 16:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 17:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:57 – 06:49 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. 05:10 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:57 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:16 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Char | 11:12 – 12:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:39 – 14:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:07 – 15:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:35 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:35 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:08 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:40 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:45 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:17 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 05:40 Leo
- 05:40 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:23 Aries
- 20:23 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 06:49 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