Chicago panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 04:43 Bhadrapada month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam 14:03 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:02
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:48 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:19 to 06:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:50 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 14:28
- Karana Vanija until 11:46, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:28 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:48 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:46 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:50 – 06:57 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. 05:15 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:21 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Char | 11:12 – 12:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:37 – 14:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:03 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:03 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:38 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:47 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:22 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:46 Scorpio
- 12:46 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:16 Capricorn
- 16:16 – 17:27 Aquarius
- 17:27 – 18:35 Pisces
- 18:35 – 19:56 Aries
- 19:56 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 00:02 next day Gemini
- 00:02 – 02:35 next day Cancer
- 02:35 – 05:09 next day Leo
- 05:09 – 06:57 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