Chicago panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 11:34 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 16:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 12:54
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:19 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 11:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 04:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:51 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 11:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:16 – 21:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 12:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:43 – 23:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:51 – 00:49 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. 05:14 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:19 – 19:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 11:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Char | 14:02 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 18:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:11 – 20:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:54 | Good |
| Char | 21:54 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:22 – 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
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:11 next day Scorpio
- 07:11 – 07:13 next day Sagittarius
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