Chicago panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 04:33 Phalguna month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 19:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta 10:45 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:44
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:18 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:25
- Karana Bava until 16:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:25 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:45 – 11:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:44
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. 04:59 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:28 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Char | 11:17 – 12:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:53 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:42 – 19:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:42 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:26 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:53 Pisces
- 06:53 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:00 Taurus
- 10:00 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:26 Leo
- 17:26 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:33 Libra
- 22:33 – 00:59 next day Scorpio
- 00:59 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 06:26 next day Pisces
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