Chicago panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 19:13 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 19:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:19 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:29
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:15 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:11
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 03:49 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:49 – 07:25 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. 05:03 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:15 – 21:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:32 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:47 Libra
- 22:47 – 01:13 next day Scorpio
- 01:13 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 06:32 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