Chicago panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 23:33 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 19:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 12:53 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 16:06 – 17:42
- Durmuhurta 17:36 – 18:27
- Rahu Kalam 17:42 – 19:19
- 06:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:19 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:38 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 04:55 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:33, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:58 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:36 – 18:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:42 – 19:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:55 – 05:46 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 13:38
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:38 – 06:26 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. 04:58 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 12:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:53 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 16:06 | Good |
| Rog | 16:06 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:42 Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:51 Pisces
- 06:51 – 08:11 Aries
- 08:11 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:50 Cancer
- 14:50 – 17:24 Leo
- 17:24 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 02:58 next day Sagittarius
- 02:58 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:38 next day Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:26 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