Chicago panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 17:52 Ashwin month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:53 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:44
- 09:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:51 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:32
- Nakshatra Bharani until 05:09 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:23 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:23 – 20:48 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. 05:29 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:55 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:34 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Char | 13:53 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:34 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:36 Scorpio
- 11:36 – 13:36 Sagittarius
- 13:36 – 15:05 Capricorn
- 15:05 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:25 Pisces
- 17:25 – 18:45 Aries
- 18:45 – 20:32 Taurus
- 20:32 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 01:24 next day Cancer
- 01:24 – 03:58 next day Leo
- 03:58 – 06:31 next day Virgo
- 06:31 – 07:18 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