Chicago panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 01:29 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 19:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:30
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:22 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 08:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 22:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 06:40
- Karana Vanija until 08:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 08:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:40 – 19:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:30
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. 04:54 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:22 – 21:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 22:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:32 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 12:05 Gemini
- 12:05 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 17:12 Leo
- 17:12 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:46 next day Scorpio
- 00:46 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:21 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