Chicago panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 01:27 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 19:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 11:00 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:13
- Yamaganda 16:21 – 18:08
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:55 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:55 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 16:00
- Karana Vishti until 14:46, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 18:08
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. 04:21 – 05:00
- 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 19:55 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 10:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:50 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 11:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:00 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:46 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 04:41 Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:01 Aries
- 06:01 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:07 Gemini
- 10:07 – 12:41 Cancer
- 12:41 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 05:38 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