Panchang for 20 December 2026, Chicago

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Ravivara (Sun)

Sunrise

07:14

Sunset

16:22

Next sunrise

07:14 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 13:12 · Moonset 04:36 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Ekadashi

Nakshatra at sunrise

Bharani, pada 1 (lord Venus)

Yoga at sunrise

Shiva

Karana at sunrise

Vishti

Moon sign at sunrise

Mesha (Aries)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

15:13–16:22 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 09:31–10:39 Labh good Good
2. 10:39–11:48 Amrit good Best
3. 12:56–14:05 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 07:14 to sunset 16:22

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
07:14–08:22	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
08:22–09:31	Chal neutral	Neutral
09:31–10:39	Labh good	Good
10:39–11:48	Amrit good	Best
11:48–12:56	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
12:56–14:05	Shubh good	Better
14:05–15:13	Rog inauspicious	Bad
15:13–16:22	Udveg inauspicious	Bad

Night: sunset 16:22 to next sunrise 07:14

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
16:22–18:13	Shubh good	Better
18:13–20:05	Amrit good	Best
20:05–21:56	Chal neutral	Neutral
21:56–23:48	Rog inauspicious	Bad
23:48–01:40	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
01:40–03:31	Labh good	Good
03:31–05:23	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
05:23–07:14	Shubh good	Better

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

11:48–12:56 · 14:05–15:13

Abhijit muhurta

11:29–12:06

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 07:14 (yesterday 07:13), sunset 16:22 (yesterday 16:21), daylight 9 h 08 min (yesterday 9 h 08 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 13:12, yesterday 12:41; moonset 04:36 (next day), yesterday 03:18 (next day).
• At 07:14 the tithi is Shukla Ekadashi; at yesterday’s sunrise (07:13) it was Shukla Dashami.
• At 07:14 the Moon is in Bharani (Ashwini at 07:13 yesterday), in Mesha (Aries); the yoga is Shiva (yesterday Parigha).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 09:30–10:39 on Saturday (daylight part 3 of 8) to 15:13–16:22 on Sunday (part 8).

Chicago lies at 41.88° N, 87.63° W; local solar noon is at 11:48, 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 08 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).

Ekadashi, Purnima and Amavasya

• Mokshada Ekadashi: Ekadashi tithi from Sat 19 Dec 2026, 10:40 to Sun 20 Dec 2026, 08:45. Dwadashi ends before the sunrise after the Ekadashi day, leaving no Dwadashi for parana, so calendars differ: Smarta calendars keep the fast on Saturday 19 December 2026, Vaishnava calendars on Sunday 20 December 2026 (today). Follow your own tradition. Parana (breaking the Smarta fast) today: after 14:06, once Hari Vasara is over, and before Dwadashi ends at Mon 21 Dec 2026, 06:07; many calendars recommend finishing by 09:03. Ekadashi dates for 2026.

This page reports the tithi calculation and the sunrise rule. Fasting and festival days also follow regional and sectarian rules; when in doubt, follow your own tradition or temple calendar.

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 Sunday, Ravivara (Sun) in the tradition, from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise at 07:14 (next day); the night lasts 14 h 53 min.
• Shukla Dvadashi begins after this sunrise and ends before the next one, so it never names a day (a kshaya tithi).
• The 1 h 08 min day choghadiyas begin with Udveg and the 1 h 52 min night choghadiyas with Shubh, as on every Sunday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 7 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.