Chicago panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 15:26 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 18:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 09:52 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 12:35 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:38
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 07:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 03:42 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 14:20
- Karana Taitila until 15:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:20 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:32 – 07:11 next day
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 – 06:17
- 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 18:00 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:31 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Char | 09:52 – 11:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:13 – 12:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:35 – 13:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:56 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:59 Scorpio
- 11:59 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:28 Capricorn
- 15:28 – 16:40 Aquarius
- 16:40 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:09 Aries
- 19:09 – 20:56 Taurus
- 20:56 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 06:54 next day Virgo
- 06:54 – 07:11 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