Chicago panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 15:01 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:51
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:01 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 14:05
- Karana Balava until 13:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:05 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:51
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. 05:24 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:08 – 07:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:08 – 07:10 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:08 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:02 Virgo
- 07:02 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 16:44 Aquarius
- 16:44 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 19:13 Aries
- 19:13 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 04:25 next day Leo
- 04:25 – 06:58 next day Virgo
- 06:58 – 07:10 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