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Hora — Chicago15 December 2026

Mangalavara · Margashirsha · Shukla Paksha

मङ्गलवार · मार्गशीर्ष · शुक्ल पक्ष

Sidereal · Lahiri

Tithi

Shashthi

षष्ठी

Nakshatra

Shatabhisha

शतभिषा

Yoga

Vajra

वज्र

Karana

Taitila

तैतिल

Vara

Mangalavara

मङ्गलवार

Waxing Crescent

Sunrise 07:12 — Sunset 16:18 · day 9h 06m

≈ 34% illuminated · increasing

Panchang — the five angas पञ्चाङ्ग

Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Vara with their end-times, plus the month and the Moon’s and Sun’s signs — computed for this city’s sunrise. Times after midnight use the traditional extended clock (e.g. 27:23 = 03:23 next morning).

Tithi: Shashthiषष्ठीtill 09:49
What this means
The lunar day. It is set by how far the Moon has pulled ahead of the Sun — each 12 degrees of separation is one tithi. The tithi shapes which activities the tradition favours, and it ends at the time shown, when the next one begins.
Muhurta Chintamani — Tithi-prakaranam (Nanda/Bhadra/Jaya/Rikta/Purna tithi-types)
Nakshatra: Shatabhishaशतभिषाtill 26:32
What this means
The Moon's star-mansion — the patch of sky it sits in today, one of 27. Each nakshatra has its own temperament that classical texts use to judge what the day is good for.
Brihat Samhita — Nakshatra chapters (nakshatra qualities)
Yoga: Vajraवज्रtill 26:16
What this means
A combined Sun-and-Moon measure (one of 27 nitya-yogas) — not the physical posture practice. A few yogas, such as Vyatipata and Vaidhriti, are best avoided; most are ordinary.
Muhurta Chintamani — Yoga enumeration (tyajya-yoga list, v. 33)
Karana: Taitilaतैतिलtill 09:49
What this means
Half of a tithi — each lunar day holds two karanas. One of them, Vishti (also called Bhadra), is treated as inauspicious; the rest are workable.
BPHS — Karana-jnana-vidhi (11 karanas including Vishti)
Vara: Mangalavaraमङ्गलवार
What this means
The weekday and its ruling planet. Each day's planet colours which tasks the tradition recommends — e.g. Thursday (Jupiter) for auspicious beginnings.
Muhurta Chintamani — Vara-prakaranam (weekday lords)
Maasa: Margashirshaमार्गशीर्ष
What this means
The lunar month. India uses two reckonings — Amanta (new-moon to new-moon) and Purnimanta (full-moon to full-moon) — so the name can differ by region. An 'Adhika' (extra) month is inserted to keep the lunar and solar years aligned.
Nirnaya Sindhu — Adhikamasa-nirnaya (intercalary month)
Paksha: Shukla (waxing)शुक्ल पक्ष
What this means
The fortnight. Shukla is the waxing half (Moon growing toward full); Krishna is the waning half (toward the new moon).
Calendar definition
Chandra Rashi: Kumbha
What this means
The zodiac sign the Moon occupies now. Together with your birth Moon-sign it drives Chandrabala — the Moon's day-to-day favourability for you.
Muhurta Chintamani — 2.4-2.5 (Chandrabala)
Surya Rashi: Vrishchikaवृश्चिक

Sidereal (Lahiri) ephemeris; anga end-times computed to the city’s actual sunrise. “Adhika maas” marks an intercalary lunar month (no solar sankranti within it).

How we compute this panchang

Every time on this page is calculated from the actual positions of the Sun and Moon using the Swiss Ephemeris (the same high-precision astronomical engine used by professional astronomers), not from a printed almanac or a fixed table.

Sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsha — the standard used by the Indian government calendar. All nakshatra, rashi, tithi and yoga boundaries follow from it.
Local true sunrise — muhurta windows (Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya, Hora, Abhijit and the rest) are measured from the true sunrise computed for Chicago's exact coordinates, so they are correct for your location, not a regional approximation.
Two month conventions — we show both the Amanta (new-moon-to-new-moon) and Purnimanta (full-moon-to-full-moon) lunar month, because different regions of India follow different ones; an Adhika (intercalary) month is marked when it occurs.

Significance and auspicious/inauspicious flags are drawn from classical texts (Muhurta Chintamani, Brihat Samhita, the Puranas and others) and cited inline — we never assert an effect a text does not state.

Your panchang today

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Birth nakshatraBirth Moon-sign (rashi)

Is today good for…?

Pick what you’re planning. We check today’s panchang against the classical muhurta rule and show you the verdict, the best window, and the source.

Planned activity

Hora schedule (text table)

#	Planet	Start	End
1	Mars	07:12	07:58
2	Sun	07:58	08:43
3	Venus	08:43	09:29
4	Mercury	09:29	10:14
5	Moon	10:14	11:00
6	Saturn	11:00	11:45
7	Jupiter	11:45	12:31
8	Mars	12:31	13:16
9	Sun	13:16	14:02
10	Venus	14:02	14:47
11	Mercury	14:47	15:33
12	Moon	15:33	16:18
13	Saturn	16:18	17:33
14	Jupiter	17:33	18:47
15	Mars	18:47	20:02
16	Sun	20:02	21:16
17	Venus	21:16	22:31
18	Mercury	22:31	23:45
19	Moon	23:45	01:00
20	Saturn	01:00	02:14
21	Jupiter	02:14	03:29
22	Mars	03:29	04:43
23	Sun	04:43	05:58
24	Venus	05:58	07:12

Window details (text table)

Window	Start	End	Type
Rahu Kala	14:02	15:10	inauspicious
Yamaghanda Kala	09:29	10:37	inauspicious
Gulika Kala	11:45	12:54	inauspicious
Abhijit Muhurta	11:27	12:03	auspicious

#Auspicious Muhurtas शुभ मुहूर्त

Sunrise- and nakshatra-keyed windows that classical muhurta texts recommend for sadhana, study, and beginnings.

Brahma Muhurta

ब्रह्म मुहूर्त

05:36 – 06:24

Pratah Sandhya

प्रातः सन्ध्या

06:07 – 07:12

Vijaya Muhurta

विजय मुहूर्त

13:16 – 13:53

Godhuli Muhurta

गोधूलि मुहूर्त

16:06 – 16:30

Sayahna Sandhya

सायाह्न सन्ध्या

16:18 – 17:23

Nishita Muhurta

निशीथ मुहूर्त

23:21 – 24:09

Amrita Kalam

अमृत कालम्

06:29 – 08:14

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Nirnaya Sindhu. Sub-window arithmetic from sunrise + Surya nakshatra position at the city’s coordinates.

#Inauspicious Windows अशुभ काल

Classical periods to avoid for new ventures, beyond Rahu Kaal, Yamaghanda, and Gulika (already shown on the daylight timeline above).

Varjyam

वर्ज्यम्

08:14 – 09:58

The nakshatra-derived window the classics flag to avoid.

Dur Muhurtam 4

दुर्मुहूर्तम्

09:01 – 09:38

Weekday-keyed inauspicious sub-muhurta.

Dur Muhurtam 9

दुर्मुहूर्तम्

12:03 – 12:40

Weekday-keyed inauspicious sub-muhurta.

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Dharma Sindhu. Sub-window arithmetic from sunrise + nakshatra position.

#Sun Today सूर्य

Surya rashi and nakshatra — the sun-side complement to the moon-side tithi and nakshatra shown in the hero above.

Surya Rashi

Vrishchika#8

Surya Nakshatra

Jyeshtha ज्येष्ठा

Pada 4 of 4 · ends 22:55

Moon Pada Transitions Today

13:29
19:59
02:30

Source: Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) sidereal ephemeris. Pada arithmetic from nakshatra division into 4 equal arcs of 3° 20′ each.

#Hindu Year विक्रम संवत्

Vikram, Shaka and Gujarati Samvat for the current year, with the cycle name (Samvatsara) from the 60-year governance cycle.

Vikram Samvat

2083

Parabhava पराभव

View year hub

Shaka Samvat

1948

Kilaka कीलक

Gujarati Samvat

2082

Vishvavasu विश्वावसु

Mantri Mandala — Year Governance

Position	Deity
Raja	Moon
Mantri	Moon

Remaining governance positions (8) will populate as the engine resolves them.

Source: Nirnaya Sindhu; Suryasiddhanta. Samvatsara from the 60-year Brihaspati cycle.

#Daily Directions दिशा

Direction-of-the-day lookups used in muhurta selection — Disha Shool for travel, Agnivasa for yajna, Chandra/Rahu Vasa for direction-of- gain, Shivavasa for ritual timing.

Disha Shool

North उत्तर

avoid

Source: Avoid travel toward this direction today

Chandra Vasa

West पश्चिम

favourable

Source: Direction favored by today's moon position

Rahu Vasa

North उत्तर

avoid

Source: Direction occupied by Rahu; avoid offerings facing here

Agnivasa

Prithvi पृथ्वी

favourable

Source: Agni's dwelling for homa-suitability assessment

Shiva Vasa

Sabha सभा

favourable

Source: Shiva's location for rudrabhisheka timing

Homahuti

Venus शुक्र

favourable

Source: Benefic planet: offering auspicious

#Today’s Strength Tables

Tarabala and Chandrabala — the two classical strength lookups used in muhurta selection. If your birth nakshatra or birth rashi appears in the favourable set, the day is workable for new beginnings.

Favourable Janma Rashis Today

Mesha, Vrishabha, Simha, Kanya, Dhanu, Kumbha

Tarabala — all 27 janma-nakshatras

#	Janma Nakshatra	Tara	Quality
1	Ashwini	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
2	Bharani	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
3	Krittika	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
4	Rohini	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
5	Mrigashira	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
6	Ardra	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
7	Punarvasu	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
8	Pushya	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
9	Ashlesha	Vadha वध	inauspicious
10	Magha	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
11	Purva Phalguni	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
12	Uttara Phalguni	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
13	Hasta	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
14	Chitra	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
15	Swati	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
16	Vishakha	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
17	Anuradha	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
18	Jyeshtha	Vadha वध	inauspicious
19	Mula	Sadhaka साधक	auspicious
20	Purva Ashadha	Pratyari प्रत्यरि	inauspicious
21	Uttara Ashadha	Kshema क्षेम	auspicious
22	Shravana	Vipat विपत्	inauspicious
23	Dhanishtha	Sampat सम्पत्	auspicious
24	Shatabhisha	Janma जन्म	inauspicious
25	Purva Bhadrapada	Ati-Mitra अतिमित्र	auspicious
26	Uttara Bhadrapada	Mitra मित्र	auspicious
27	Revati	Vadha वध	inauspicious

Chandrabala — all 12 janma-rashis

#	Janma Rashi	House from Janma	Favourable
1	Mesha	11	yes
2	Vrishabha	10	yes
3	Mithuna	9	no
4	Karka	8	no
5	Simha	7	yes
6	Kanya	6	yes
7	Tula	5	no
8	Vrishchika	4	no
9	Dhanu	3	yes
10	Makara	2	no
11	Kumbha	1	yes
12	Meena	12	no

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Brihat Samhita. Tarabala uses the 9-cycle from janma-nakshatra to today’s nakshatra.

#Udaya Lagna (Rising Sign) Timeline

Which rashi is rising on the eastern horizon at each point of the day. Segment width is proportional to the actual rising duration.

All 13 segments (text)

#	Rashi	Start	End
8	Vrishchika वृश्चिक	07:12	07:22
9	Dhanu धनु	07:22	09:22
10	Makara मकर	09:22	10:52
11	Kumbha कुम्भ	10:52	12:02
12	Meena मीन	12:02	13:12
1	Mesha मेष	13:12	14:32
2	Vrishabha वृषभ	14:32	16:17
3	Mithuna मिथुन	16:17	18:37
4	Karka कर्क	18:37	21:12
5	Simha सिंह	21:12	23:42
6	Kanya कन्या	23:42	02:17
7	Tula तुला	02:17	04:52
8	Vrishchika वृश्चिक	04:52	07:12

#Panchaka Rahita Muhurta पञ्चक रहित मुहूर्त

15 classical day-muhurta segments labelled by panchaka category. Green = auspicious; rose = avoid. Width is proportional to actual duration.

All 15 segments (text)

#	Label	Start	End	Quality
1	Agni अग्नि	07:12	07:48	inauspicious
2	Raja राज	07:48	08:25	inauspicious
3	Chora चोर	08:25	09:01	inauspicious
4	Shubha शुभ	09:01	09:38	auspicious
5	Roga रोग	09:38	10:14	inauspicious
6	Mrityu मृत्यु	10:14	10:51	inauspicious
7	Agni अग्नि	10:51	11:27	inauspicious
8	Raja राज	11:27	12:03	inauspicious
9	Chora चोर	12:03	12:40	inauspicious
10	Shubha शुभ	12:40	13:16	auspicious
11	Roga रोग	13:16	13:53	inauspicious
12	Mrityu मृत्यु	13:53	14:29	inauspicious
13	Agni अग्नि	14:29	15:06	inauspicious
14	Raja राज	15:06	15:42	inauspicious
15	Chora चोर	15:42	16:18	inauspicious

Source: Muhurta Chintamani; Nirnaya Sindhu.

#Season & Sun Path

Vedic ritu, ayana, day/night length, and solar-noon — the seasonal scaffolding around today’s panchang.

Ritu (Vedic)

Hemantaहेमन्त

Ritu (Drik)

Sharadशरद्

Ayana

Dakshinayanaदक्षिणायन

Dinamana

9h 6m

Ratrimana

14h 54m

Madhyahna

11:45

Source: Suryasiddhanta. Dinamana = sunrise→sunset minutes; Madhyahna = local solar noon.

Hora - Chicago, 15 December 2026

On Tuesday, 15 December 2026, the Vedic calendar throughout Chicago carries a day of particular rhythmic quality. The sun rises at 7:12 AM and dipping below the horizon at 4:18 PM, bringing 9 hours 6 minutes of daylight. The tithi is Shashthi of Shukla side of the lunar month, and the nakshatra of the day is Shatabhisha. Vajra yoga presides over the day, completing the core panchang signature for 2026-12-15. Brahma Muhurta opens at 5:36 AM and closes at 6:24 AM, anchored to today's local sunrise.

Throughout Chicago, Rahu Kala occupies the stretch from 2:02 PM through 3:10 PM — the period to avoid for new endeavours. Today's Disha Shool falls in the North direction — classical guidance advises against new Tuesday journeys toward the North. On the auspicious side, the Labh choghadiya (10:37 AM–11:45 AM) is the day's prime auspicious window. Shatabhisha nakshatra is ruled by Rahu, anchoring the vedic day in the particulars of Chicago.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rahu Kaal in Chicago on 15 December 2026?

In Chicago on 15 December 2026, Rahu Kaal runs from 2:02 PM to 3:10 PM. This 90-minute window is governed by Rahu and is traditionally avoided for starting new work, travel, or auspicious ceremonies. The timing shifts daily based on local sunrise, so it differs from city to city.

Why is sunrise in Chicago on 15 December 2026 at 7:12 AM?

Sunrise at 7:12 AM in Chicago on 15 December 2026 is determined by the city's geographic latitude (41.88°N) and the Earth's axial tilt on this date. The exact sunrise and sunset (4:18 PM) define the length of the Vedic day and anchor all panchang calculations — from Rahu Kaal to the choghadiya slots — to Chicago's local horizon.

What yoga is operative in Chicago on 15 December 2026?

The yoga operative in Chicago on 15 December 2026 is Vajra, active from 2:07 AM to 2:16 AM local time. In the Vedic panchang, yoga is calculated from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon and cycles through 27 named yogas. Vajra yoga carries its own quality and influences the day's overall character — affecting the auspiciousness of activities begun during its span.

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Sadhana Prescriptions

Skanda Shashthi Puja

स्कन्द षष्ठी पूजा

- Skanda Purana, Kumara Tantra

Siddha Yoga Maha Sadhana

सिद्ध योग महासाधना

- Muhurta Chintamani, Dharmasindhu

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शिकागो — 15 दिसम्बर

सूर्योदय: प्रातः 07:12
सूर्यास्त: अपराह्ण 16:18
तिथि: षष्ठी (शुक्ल पक्ष)
नक्षत्र: शतभिषा (द्वितीय पाद)
योग: वज्र
करण: तैतिल
माह: मार्गशीर्ष
चन्द्र राशि: कुम्भ
सूर्य राशि: वृश्चिक
राहु काल: अपराह्ण 14:02–अपराह्ण 15:10
शुभ चौघड़िया: लाभ (प्रातः 10:37–प्रातः 11:45)