Chicago panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:20 Moonrise 13:13 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 16:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 14:04 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:20
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:20 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:20 – 19:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 08:45
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 17:37
- Karana Vishti until 08:45, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 08:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:15 – 01:39 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. 05:16 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:20 – 19:19
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:23 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:56 – 14:04 | Good |
| Rog | 14:04 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 18:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:12 – 20:04 | Good |
| Char | 20:04 – 21:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:56 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:24 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:55 next day Scorpio
- 06:55 – 07:16 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