Chicago panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:23 Moonrise 18:31 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 16:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 14:07 – 15:15
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:23 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:23 – 19:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 11:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 16:46
- Karana Gara until 11:56, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:20 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:46 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:46 – 12:52 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:12 – 08:35 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:20 – 07:18 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. 05:18 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:23 – 19:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 11:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:50 – 12:59 | Good |
| Rog | 12:59 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:23 – 18:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:15 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:59 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:36 next day Scorpio
- 06:36 – 07:18 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