Chicago panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 14:32 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:03
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:03 to 07:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:26
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:03
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. 05:23 – 06:15
- 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 18:03 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:07 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:40 Libra
- 09:40 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 16:48 Aquarius
- 16:48 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 19:16 Aries
- 19:16 – 21:04 Taurus
- 21:04 – 23:22 Gemini
- 23:22 – 01:56 next day Cancer
- 01:56 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 07:02 next day Virgo
- 07:02 – 07:08 next day Libra
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