Chicago panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 21:24 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 19:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam 11:18 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:10
- Yamaganda 16:05 – 17:41
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:17 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:39
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 03:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:53, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:47 – 04:59 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. 05:01 – 05:46
- 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 19:17 – 21:31
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:18 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:54 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:29 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:53 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:29 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:19 Aries
- 08:19 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:58 Cancer
- 14:58 – 17:32 Leo
- 17:32 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:39 Libra
- 22:39 – 01:05 next day Scorpio
- 01:05 – 03:06 next day Sagittarius
- 03:06 – 04:35 next day Capricorn
- 04:35 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:29 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