Chicago panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:20 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 19:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 11:16 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 13:19 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:45
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:20 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 16:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:46 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 16:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:46 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:19 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:45
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. 04:57 – 05:41
- 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 19:20 – 21:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 16:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 11:16 | Good |
| Rog | 11:16 – 12:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:20 | Good |
| Char | 19:20 – 20:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:06 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:29 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 06:47 Pisces
- 06:47 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 09:54 Taurus
- 09:54 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:46 Cancer
- 14:46 – 17:20 Leo
- 17:20 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 02:54 next day Sagittarius
- 02:54 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 06:24 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