Chicago panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:28 Moonrise 00:39 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 16:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:02 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:38
- 13:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:28 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:28 – 19:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Moon enters Libra
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:40 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:59 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:13 next day
- Karana Taitila until 13:16, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:17 Moon enters Libra
- 00:13 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:40 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:38
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:28 – 19:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:40 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:02 – 14:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:10 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:19 – 20:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:10 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:02 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 10:57 Aquarius
- 10:57 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 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