Chicago panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 00:53 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 19:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 17:03
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
19:54 to 05:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:54 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:29
- Karana Gara until 12:50, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 17:03
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. 04:22 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:54 – 21:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:15 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Char | 11:00 – 12:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:47 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:07 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:33 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:46 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:05 Aries
- 06:05 – 07:53 Taurus
- 07:53 – 10:11 Gemini
- 10:11 – 12:44 Cancer
- 12:44 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:51 Virgo
- 17:51 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:39 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