Chicago panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 22:24 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 19:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta 17:57 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam 18:04 – 19:50
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:50 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 11:58
- Karana Gara until 16:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:58 – 00:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 18:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:57 – 18:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:04 – 19:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 23:28
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:28 – 05:44 next day
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. 04:25 – 05:05
- 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 19:50 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 11:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:02 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:47 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:08 Taurus
- 08:08 – 10:27 Gemini
- 10:27 – 13:00 Cancer
- 13:00 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 04:57 next day Pisces
- 04:57 – 05:44 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