Panchang for 28 December 2026, Chicago

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Somavara (Moon)

Sunrise

07:17

Sunset

16:26

Next sunrise

07:17 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonset 10:28 · Moonrise 22:21

Tithi at sunrise

Krishna Shashthi

Nakshatra at sunrise

Purva Phalguni, pada 1 (lord Venus)

Yoga at sunrise

Ayushman

Karana at sunrise

Gara

Moon sign at sunrise

Simha (Leo)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

08:26–09:34 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 07:17–08:26 Amrit good Best
2. 09:34–10:43 Shubh good Better
3. 14:09–15:18 Labh good Good
4. 15:18–16:26 Amrit good Best

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 07:17 to sunset 16:26

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
07:17–08:26	Amrit good	Best
08:26–09:34	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
09:34–10:43	Shubh good	Better
10:43–11:52	Rog inauspicious	Bad
11:52–13:00	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
13:00–14:09	Chal neutral	Neutral
14:09–15:18	Labh good	Good
15:18–16:26	Amrit good	Best

Night: sunset 16:26 to next sunrise 07:17

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
16:26–18:18	Chal neutral	Neutral
18:18–20:09	Rog inauspicious	Bad
20:09–22:00	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
22:00–23:52	Labh good	Good
23:52–01:43	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
01:43–03:35	Shubh good	Better
03:35–05:26	Amrit good	Best
05:26–07:17	Chal neutral	Neutral

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

10:43–11:52 · 13:00–14:09

Abhijit muhurta

11:33–12:10

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 07:17 (yesterday 07:17), sunset 16:26 (yesterday 16:26), daylight 9 h 09 min (yesterday 9 h 09 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 22:21, yesterday 21:08; moonset 10:28, yesterday 10:03.
• At 07:17 the tithi is Krishna Shashthi; at yesterday’s sunrise (07:17) it was Krishna Panchami.
• At 07:17 the Moon is in Purva Phalguni (Magha at 07:17 yesterday), in Simha (Leo); the yoga is Ayushman (yesterday Vishkambha).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 15:17–16:26 on Sunday (daylight part 8 of 8) to 08:26–09:34 on Monday (part 2).

Chicago lies at 41.88° N, 87.63° W; local solar noon is at 11:52, 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 Monday, Somavara (Moon) in the tradition, from sunrise at 07:17 to the next sunrise at 07:17 (next day); the night lasts 14 h 51 min.
• Krishna Shashthi gives way to Krishna Saptami at 01:56 (next day), 18 h 39 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 09 min day choghadiyas begin with Amrit and the 1 h 51 min night choghadiyas with Chal, as on every Monday.
• 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.