Chicago panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 09:29 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 16:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:18 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 14:01 – 15:09
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
16:18 to 07:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:36 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:47
- Karana Taitila until 13:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:09
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:31 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:22 – 03:40 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. 05:10 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:34 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:09 – 08:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:09 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:52 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 07:35 Scorpio
- 07:35 – 09:35 Sagittarius
- 09:35 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 07:10 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