Chicago panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:25 Moonrise 22:22 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 16:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 13:00 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:36
- 14:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:25 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:25 – 19:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:13 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:00 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:36, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 04:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:55 – 10:07 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. 05:19 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:25 – 19:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 01:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:13 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Char | 13:00 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:25 | Good |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:17 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:09 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:00 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:27 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 09:57 Capricorn
- 09:57 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 07:19 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