Chicago panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 00:11 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 19:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:33
- 10:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:53 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:44
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:15 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 14:42
- Karana Kaulava until 10:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:44 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:33
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. 04:23 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:53 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:49 Pisces
- 04:49 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 07:57 Taurus
- 07:57 – 10:15 Gemini
- 10:15 – 12:48 Cancer
- 12:48 – 15:22 Leo
- 15:22 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 04:45 next day Pisces
- 04:45 – 05:40 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