Chicago panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 14:08 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 19:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:33
- 06:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:50 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:11
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:19 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:20
- Karana Kaulava until 06:11, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:13 – 06:49 next day
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. 04:25 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:47 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 05:43 next day Aries
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