Chicago panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 18:25 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 12:38 – 14:05
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:25
- 08:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 23:21
- Karana Gara until 17:24, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:02 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:29 – 15:38 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. 05:12 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:44 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:18 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:38 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:05 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 23:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:06 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:39 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:19 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:28 Leo
- 05:28 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 10:35 Libra
- 10:35 – 13:02 Scorpio
- 13:02 – 15:02 Sagittarius
- 15:02 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 17:43 Aquarius
- 17:43 – 18:51 Pisces
- 18:51 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 21:59 Taurus
- 21:59 – 00:17 next day Gemini
- 00:17 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 06:53 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