Chicago panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 02:47 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 16:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:12 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:09
- 11:32 Moon enters Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:18 to 07:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 12:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:23
- Karana Balava until 12:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:32 Moon enters Libra
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:09
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. 05:05 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 11:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 12:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:03 – 08:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 11:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:40 – 12:50 | Good |
| Rog | 12:50 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:50 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:35 Libra
- 05:35 – 08:02 Scorpio
- 08:02 – 10:02 Sagittarius
- 10:02 – 11:32 Capricorn
- 11:32 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:32 next day Libra
- 05:32 – 07:04 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