Chicago panchang, 11 May 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 02:43 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 19:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 17:06
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:58 to 05:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:58 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 14:34
- Karana Vanija until 16:45, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:34 – 12:49 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 17:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:45 – 04:22 next day
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. 04:18 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:58 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:58 | Good |
| Char | 19:58 – 21:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:46 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 04:29 Pisces
- 04:29 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:55 Gemini
- 09:55 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:17 next day Aquarius
- 03:17 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:34 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