Chicago panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 02:19 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:46 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 12:38 – 14:04
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 16:56
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:47 Moon enters Leo
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:22 to 06:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:05
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:30
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:47 Moon enters Leo
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:56
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. 05:14 – 06:04
- 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 18:22 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 11:47
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:20 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Char | 09:46 – 11:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:12 – 12:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:38 – 14:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:04 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:30 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:30 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:04 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:38 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:47 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:21 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:20 Leo
- 05:20 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 14:54 Sagittarius
- 14:54 – 16:24 Capricorn
- 16:24 – 17:35 Aquarius
- 17:35 – 18:43 Pisces
- 18:43 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 21:51 Taurus
- 21:51 – 00:10 next day Gemini
- 00:10 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 05:16 next day Leo
- 05:16 – 06:55 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