Chicago panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 10:29 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 16:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:01 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:18
Night
16:18 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:46 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:34 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:34, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:34 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:18
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. 05:12 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:42 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:19 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:53 – 14:01 | Good |
| Rog | 14:01 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 18:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:10 – 20:01 | Good |
| Char | 20:01 – 21:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:53 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:20 – 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
- 07:11 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 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