Chicago panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:26 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 13:59
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:09 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 10:09
- Karana Vishti until 14:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 13:59
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. 05:20 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:03 – 17:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:03 – 17:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:03 – 17:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:22 Virgo
- 07:22 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:23 Sagittarius
- 14:23 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 17:03 Aquarius
- 17:03 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 19:32 Aries
- 19:32 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:38 Gemini
- 23:38 – 02:11 next day Cancer
- 02:11 – 04:45 next day Leo
- 04:45 – 07:04 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