Chicago panchang, 7 December 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 06:04 Kartika month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 16:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta 13:50 – 14:27
Night
16:18 to 07:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:43 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 16:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:46 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:36
- Karana Shakuni until 16:43, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 16:43 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:50 – 14:27
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. 05:07 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:00
- 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 07:06 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:00 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Char | 16:18 – 18:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:09 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:51 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 07:06 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:24 Libra
- 05:24 – 07:50 Scorpio
- 07:50 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 05:20 next day Libra
- 05:20 – 07:06 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