Chicago panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 05:37 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 20:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 12:47 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 16:26 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam 18:15 – 20:04
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:04 to 05:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:04 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 01:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:29
- Karana Bava until 11:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:15 – 20:04
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. 04:14 – 04:52
- 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 20:04 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:36 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 20:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:13 Taurus
- 07:13 – 09:32 Gemini
- 09:32 – 12:05 Cancer
- 12:05 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:22 next day Aries
- 05:22 – 05:28 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