Chicago panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 20:18 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 19:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:43 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta 10:47 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:52 – 16:43
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:16 to 06:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Moon enters Libra
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:12
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:38 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Moon enters Libra
- 22:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:47 – 11:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:52 – 16:43
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. 05:02 – 05:47
- 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 19:16 – 21:31
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:43 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Char | 11:19 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:40 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:53 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:31 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