Chicago panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:21 Moonrise 13:53 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:05
- Durmuhurta 13:55 – 14:32
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
16:21 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:21 – 19:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 14:02
- Karana Kaulava until 16:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:55 – 14:32
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 16:21 – 19:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:15 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:15 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Char | 12:56 – 14:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:05 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:21 | Good |
| Char | 16:21 – 18:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:13 – 20:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:57 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 07:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:11 Gemini
- 18:11 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 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