Chicago panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 14:35 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:52
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:34 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:02
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 14:12
- Karana Gara until 07:02, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:17 – 09:35 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:16 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:08 – 03:24 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. 04:41 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 00:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 07:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Char | 11:09 – 12:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:50 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:34 – 20:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:53 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:04 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 00:04 next day Scorpio
- 00:04 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:34 next day Capricorn
- 03:34 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 05:54 next day Pisces
- 05:54 – 06:04 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