Chicago panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 09:16 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:00 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:59
- Durmuhurta 12:59 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:00 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:58
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:12 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:02
- Karana Kaulava until 11:43, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:16 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:59 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 15:58
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. 05:18 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:36 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:01 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:37 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:25 – 07:02 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
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:31 Scorpio
- 12:31 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:46 Gemini
- 23:46 – 02:19 next day Cancer
- 02:19 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 07:02 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