Chicago panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 10:53 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:20 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:53 – 14:02
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:29
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:06 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
16:18 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 02:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:08 – 03:20 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. 05:12 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 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 07:11 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:20 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:18 | Good |
| Char | 16:18 – 18:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:10 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:53 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:20 – 07:12 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 07:12 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