Chicago panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 09:00 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
05:27 to 20:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:37
- 11:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:07 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:07 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 21:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 00:28 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 06:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:37
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. 04:12 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:07 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:42 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:17 – 20:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:37 | Good |
| Char | 23:37 – 00:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:47 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:20 Gemini
- 09:20 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:01 next day Sagittarius
- 00:01 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:26 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