Chicago panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 20:18 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 19:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:12
- Yamaganda 16:17 – 18:02
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:47 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:43
- Karana Bava until 12:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:43 – 11:14 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 18:02
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:27 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:47 – 21:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:23 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:48 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:47 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 13:08 Cancer
- 13:08 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 02:45 next day Capricorn
- 02:45 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:46 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method