Chicago panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 21:22 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 19:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 16:18
- 11:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:49 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:14
- Karana Kaulava until 14:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:18
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. 04:26 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 18:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:47 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:45 next day | Good |
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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:31 Gemini
- 10:31 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:45 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