Chicago panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 16:23 Moonrise 14:18 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 16:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 11:55
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:00
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
16:23 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:23 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:27
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:00
- Karana Balava until 17:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:00 – 11:59 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:48 – 18:25
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. 04:53 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:23 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:36 | Bad |
| Char | 11:36 – 12:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:48 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:23 – 18:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:12 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:50 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:27 Libra
- 06:27 – 08:53 Scorpio
- 08:53 – 10:53 Sagittarius
- 10:53 – 12:23 Capricorn
- 12:23 – 13:34 Aquarius
- 13:34 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 16:03 Aries
- 16:03 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 01:16 next day Leo
- 01:16 – 03:48 next day Virgo
- 03:48 – 06:23 next day Libra
- 06:23 – 06:50 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