Chicago panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 11:14 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 16:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 14:02 – 15:10
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:19 to 07:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:49
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:32 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 02:16 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:49, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:12 – 02:32 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:32 – 07:13 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. 05:13 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:55 – 02:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:20 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:02 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 18:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:10 – 20:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:29 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:21 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:13 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