Chicago panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:27 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 16:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:01
- 12:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:27 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:27 – 19:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:02 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:43 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:56 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:01
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:56 – 03:20 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. 05:20 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:27 – 19:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 04:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:18 – 20:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:10 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:29 Aries
- 13:29 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 20:09 Cancer
- 20:09 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 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