Chicago panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 10:02 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 16:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:10 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:02
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:01
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:18 to 07:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:44 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:44 – 04:20 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. 05:11 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 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 07:10 – 18:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:10 – 05:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:42 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 12:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:52 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:18 – 18:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:09 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:19 – 07:11 next day | Good |
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
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 07:31 Scorpio
- 07:31 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 07:11 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