Chicago panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 08:01 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 16:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 12:51
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:18 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 21:54
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 12:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:54 – 00:18 next day
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. 05:09 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:16 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:17 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:16 Libra
- 05:16 – 07:43 Scorpio
- 07:43 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 05:12 next day Libra
- 05:12 – 07:08 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