Chicago panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 12:16 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 16:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:22 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 14:03 – 15:11
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:20 to 07:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:05
- Karana Kaulava until 11:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:05 – 09:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 11:44 – 04:28 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. 05:15 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:14 – 11:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 04:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 07:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:28 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:14 – 08:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:22 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:20 – 18:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:11 – 20:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:03 – 21:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:55 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:23 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 07:15 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