Chicago panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 10:18 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
05:26 to 20:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:26 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:12
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:08 to 05:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:08 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:49
- Karana Kaulava until 08:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:13 – 13:10
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. 04:11 – 04:49
- 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 20:08 – 21:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:26 – 16:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 16:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:47 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 20:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:18 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 23:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:37 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:47 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:56 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:06 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 06:58 Taurus
- 06:58 – 09:16 Gemini
- 09:16 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 23:57 Sagittarius
- 23:57 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 03:46 next day Pisces
- 03:46 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 05:25 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