Chicago panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 04:18 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 20:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:24 – 18:13
- 08:24 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
20:02 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:02 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:55
- Karana Vishti until 08:24, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:24 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 18:13
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. 04:15 – 04:53
- 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 20:02 – 21:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:31 – 09:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:31 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:47 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Char | 18:13 – 20:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 12:13 Cancer
- 12:13 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 01:50 next day Capricorn
- 01:50 – 03:01 next day Aquarius
- 03:01 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 05:30 next day Taurus
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