Panchang for 26 December 2026, Chicago

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shanivara (Saturn)

Sunrise

07:16

Sunset

16:25

Next sunrise

07:17 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonset 09:34 · Moonrise 19:51

Tithi at sunrise

Krishna Tritiya

Nakshatra at sunrise

Pushya, pada 4 (lord Saturn)

Yoga at sunrise

Vaidhriti

Karana at sunrise

Vishti

Moon sign at sunrise

Karka (Cancer)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

09:34–10:42 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 08:25–09:34 Shubh good Better
2. 12:59–14:08 Labh good Good
3. 14:08–15:16 Amrit good Best

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 07:16 to sunset 16:25

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
07:16–08:25	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
08:25–09:34	Shubh good	Better
09:34–10:42	Rog inauspicious	Bad
10:42–11:51	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
11:51–12:59	Chal neutral	Neutral
12:59–14:08	Labh good	Good
14:08–15:16	Amrit good	Best
15:16–16:25	Kaal inauspicious	Worst

Night: sunset 16:25 to next sunrise 07:17

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
16:25–18:16	Labh good	Good
18:16–20:08	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
20:08–21:59	Shubh good	Better
21:59–23:51	Amrit good	Best
23:51–01:42	Chal neutral	Neutral
01:42–03:34	Rog inauspicious	Bad
03:34–05:25	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
05:25–07:17	Labh good	Good

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

12:59–14:08 · 07:16–08:25

Abhijit muhurta

11:32–12:09

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 07:16 (yesterday 07:16), sunset 16:25 (yesterday 16:24), daylight 9 h 09 min (yesterday 9 h 08 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 19:51, yesterday 18:30; moonset 09:34, yesterday 08:56.
• At 07:16 the tithi is Krishna Tritiya; at yesterday’s sunrise (07:16) it was Krishna Dvitiya.
• At 07:16 the Moon is in Pushya (Punarvasu at 07:16 yesterday), in Karka (Cancer); the yoga is Vaidhriti (yesterday Indra).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 10:42–11:50 on Friday (daylight part 4 of 8) to 09:34–10:42 on Saturday (part 3).

Chicago lies at 41.88° N, 87.63° W; local solar noon is at 11:51, with 9 h 09 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

Krishna paksha (waning Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Pausha

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 Saturday, Shanivara (Saturn) in the tradition, from sunrise at 07:16 to the next sunrise at 07:17 (next day); the night lasts 14 h 52 min.
• Krishna Chaturthi begins after this sunrise and ends before the next one, so it never names a day (a kshaya tithi).
• The 1 h 09 min day choghadiyas begin with Kaal and the 1 h 51 min night choghadiyas with Labh, as on every Saturday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 8 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.