Chicago panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 22:29 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 19:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:41 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 16:06
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:18 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 04:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:32, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 16:06
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. 04:59 – 05:44
- 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 19:18 – 21:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 11:05
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 11:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:30 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:41 | Good |
| Rog | 09:41 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:17 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Char | 12:53 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 16:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:06 – 17:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:29 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:40 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:27 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:02 Taurus
- 10:02 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 20:01 Virgo
- 20:01 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 01:02 next day Scorpio
- 01:02 – 03:02 next day Sagittarius
- 03:02 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:27 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