Chicago panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 19:52 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 19:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 12:47 – 14:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 18:06
- 08:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
19:52 to 05:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:52 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:21
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:23 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 13:46
- Karana Bava until 08:08, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 11:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 18:06
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 – 05:03
- 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 19:52 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:47 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 18:06 | Good |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:33 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:46 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:00 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:53 Pisces
- 04:53 – 06:13 Aries
- 06:13 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 23:00 Scorpio
- 23:00 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 04:49 next day Pisces
- 04:49 – 05:41 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