Chicago panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 16:19 Moonrise 11:54 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta 13:54 – 14:30
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:19 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:19 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:54 – 14:30
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 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:40 – 07:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:40 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:22 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:03 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 18:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:11 – 20:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:55 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:22 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:14 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