Chicago panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 01:58 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 09:08
- 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 – 14:36
- 06:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
20:05 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:26
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 06:06
- Karana Taitila until 08:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:06 – 07:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 09:08
- 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 – 14:36
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 – 04:51
- 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 20:05 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:24 Aries
- 05:24 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:30 Gemini
- 09:30 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 02:51 next day Aquarius
- 02:51 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:20 next day Aries
- 05:20 – 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