Chicago panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 01:56 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 19:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 16:21
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:56 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:56 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 16:05
- Karana Balava until 16:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:43 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:50 – 12:00
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. 04:20 – 04:59
- 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 19:56 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 12:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:37 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 18:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:34 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:46 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:24 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:37 Pisces
- 04:37 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 07:45 Taurus
- 07:45 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 12:37 Cancer
- 12:37 – 15:10 Leo
- 15:10 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 05:37 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