Chicago panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 07:06 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:09
Night
16:18 to 07:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:09
- Karana Naga until 18:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:09 – 23:09
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. 05:08 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:06 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:20 Libra
- 05:20 – 07:46 Scorpio
- 07:46 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 05:16 next day Libra
- 05:16 – 07:07 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