Chicago panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 00:34 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 16:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 11:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:39 – 12:49
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:18 to 07:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 21:45
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 12:49
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. 05:03 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:53 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:39 | Good |
| Rog | 11:39 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:50 | Good |
| Char | 21:50 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 07:02 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:43 Libra
- 05:43 – 08:10 Scorpio
- 08:10 – 10:10 Sagittarius
- 10:10 – 11:39 Capricorn
- 11:39 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 03:05 next day Virgo
- 03:05 – 05:39 next day Libra
- 05:39 – 07:02 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