Chicago panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 01:03 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:04 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:05
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:24 to 06:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:38
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 20:50
- Karana Vishti until 15:38, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:29 – 15:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:05
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. 05:13 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 12:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Char | 14:04 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:05 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:39 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:24 Leo
- 05:24 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 10:31 Libra
- 10:31 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 17:39 Aquarius
- 17:39 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 20:08 Aries
- 20:08 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:47 next day Cancer
- 02:47 – 05:20 next day Leo
- 05:20 – 06:54 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