Chicago panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:24 Moonrise 21:09 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 16:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:08 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:24
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
16:24 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:24 – 19:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:28 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:03 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:23
- Karana Kaulava until 16:31, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:24
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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:24 – 19:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:26 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:08 | Good |
| Rog | 14:08 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 18:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:16 – 20:08 | Good |
| Char | 20:08 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 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