Chicago panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 23:21 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 19:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 17:01
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:51 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 18:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 17:01
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. 04:24 – 05:04
- 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 19:51 – 21:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 18:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:05 – 19:51 | Good |
| Char | 19:51 – 21:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:57 Pisces
- 04:57 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:23 Gemini
- 10:23 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 04:53 next day Pisces
- 04:53 – 05:42 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