Chicago panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 13:15 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:43
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:06 to 07:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:35
- Karana Taitila until 19:24, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:35 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:43
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. 05:21 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:05 – 23:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:05 – 19:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:05 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:04 Pisces
- 18:04 – 19:24 Aries
- 19:24 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 02:04 next day Cancer
- 02:04 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 07:06 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