Chicago panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 06:34 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
05:28 to 20:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 17:10
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:05 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:05 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:17
- Karana Kaulava until 07:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 17:10
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. 04:13 – 04:51
- 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 20:05 – 21:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:28 – 22:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:11 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 20:05 | Good |
| Char | 20:05 – 21:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:22 Aries
- 05:22 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:28 Gemini
- 09:28 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:35 Leo
- 14:35 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 02:49 next day Aquarius
- 02:49 – 03:58 next day Pisces
- 03:58 – 05:18 next day Aries
- 05:18 – 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