Chicago panchang, 28 April 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 06:02 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 19:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:58
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
Night
19:44 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 10:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:32
- Karana Bava until 10:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 10:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:23 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:58
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. 04:30 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:44 | Good |
| Char | 19:44 – 21:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:26 next day Sagittarius
- 01:26 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 05:50 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