Chicago panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 16:26 Moonrise 13:11 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 16:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:16 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 11:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:35 – 12:48
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:26 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:26 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:36
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:12
- Karana Balava until 07:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:16 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 12:48
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. 04:50 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 11:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:26 – 19:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 18:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:13 – 20:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:46 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:38 Libra
- 06:38 – 09:05 Scorpio
- 09:05 – 11:05 Sagittarius
- 11:05 – 12:34 Capricorn
- 12:34 – 13:46 Aquarius
- 13:46 – 14:54 Pisces
- 14:54 – 16:15 Aries
- 16:15 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:20 Gemini
- 20:20 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 01:27 next day Leo
- 01:27 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 06:34 next day Libra
- 06:34 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
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 CST (UTC-6) · Method