Panchang for 18 December 2026, Chicago

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shukravara (Venus)

Sunrise

07:13

Sunset

16:21

Next sunrise

07:13 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 12:15 · Moonset 02:03 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Navami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Revati, pada 1 (lord Mercury)

Yoga at sunrise

Variyan

Karana at sunrise

Kaulava

Moon sign at sunrise

Mina (Pisces)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

10:38–11:47 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 08:21–09:30 Labh good Good
2. 09:30–10:38 Amrit good Best
3. 11:47–12:55 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

Friday order; night times after midnight fall on the next date.

Day: sunrise 07:13 to sunset 16:21

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
07:13–08:21	Chal neutral	Neutral
08:21–09:30	Labh good	Good
09:30–10:38	Amrit good	Best
10:38–11:47	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
11:47–12:55	Shubh good	Better
12:55–14:04	Rog inauspicious	Bad
14:04–15:12	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
15:12–16:21	Chal neutral	Neutral

Night: sunset 16:21 to next sunrise 07:13

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
16:21–18:12	Rog inauspicious	Bad
18:12–20:04	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
20:04–21:55	Labh good	Good
21:55–23:47	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
23:47–01:39	Shubh good	Better
01:39–03:30	Amrit good	Best
03:30–05:22	Chal neutral	Neutral
05:22–07:13	Rog inauspicious	Bad

Timing quality, best to worst

• Best Amrit choghadiya · Jupiter hora
• Better Shubh choghadiya · Venus hora
• Good Labh choghadiya · Moon and Mercury horas
• Neutral Chal choghadiya · Sun hora
• Bad Udveg and Rog choghadiyas · Mars and Saturn horas
• Worst Kaal choghadiya · Rahu Kaal

Grades follow the panchanga tradition; they are not a forecast.

Yamaganda · Gulika

14:04–15:12 · 08:21–09:30

Abhijit muhurta

11:28–12:05

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 07:13 (yesterday 07:12), sunset 16:21 (yesterday 16:20), daylight 9 h 08 min (yesterday 9 h 08 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 12:15, yesterday 11:53; moonset 02:03 (next day), yesterday 00:53 (next day).
• At 07:13 the tithi is Shukla Navami; at yesterday’s sunrise (07:12) it was Shukla Ashtami.
• At 07:13 the Moon is in Revati (Uttara Bhadrapada at 07:12 yesterday), in Mina (Pisces); the yoga is Variyan (yesterday Vyatipata).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 12:55–14:03 on Thursday (daylight part 6 of 8) to 10:38–11:47 on Friday (part 4).

Chicago lies at 41.88° N, 87.63° W; local solar noon is at 11:47, with 9 h 08 min of daylight against 11 h 22 min in Bengaluru. The limbs end at the same instants everywhere; this page gives Chicago’s local clock.

Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and Brahma muhurta

Each daylight part is 1 h 09 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (37 min) and Brahma muhurta count as favourable by tradition. Some panchangas reckon Brahma muhurta with fixed 48-minute muhurtas.

Month, paksha and year

Paksha

Shukla paksha (waxing Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Margashirsha

Ritu (by amanta month)

Hemanta

Ayana (sidereal Sun)

Dakshinayana

Shaka Samvat

1948

Vikram Samvat (Chaitradi)

2083

Samvatsara

Parabhava

Amanta months run new Moon to new Moon (South and West India), purnimanta months full Moon to full Moon (North India).

When each limb changes

Times are local in Chicago (America/Chicago). The first of each is in effect at sunrise; each next one begins where the previous ends. “Next day” means after midnight, before the next sunrise.

About this day

• The day is Friday, Shukravara (Venus) in the tradition, from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise at 07:13 (next day); the night lasts 14 h 52 min.
• Shukla Navami gives way to Shukla Dashami at 11:45, 4 h 32 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 09 min day choghadiyas begin with Chal and the 1 h 52 min night choghadiyas with Rog, as on every Friday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.

Around this day

• Chicago Panchang calendar for December 2026
• Today’s Panchang in Chicago · Choghadiya · Rahu Kaal
• The same date in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune
• What a tithi is · nakshatra · yoga and karana · how Rahu Kaal is calculated

Method and limits

Calculated with the live Panchang’s model and checked against Drik Panchang on 28 city-and-date combinations (times within 2.3 minutes, moonrise and moonset within 6.4). Observance of fasts and festivals follows regional rules. Amrit Kaal, Varjyam and Durmuhurta are not calculated yet.