Chicago panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 02:16 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 19:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:21 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta 10:42 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:47
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:23 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:50
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 07:28
- Karana Bava until 10:50, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:42 – 11:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:47
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. 04:53 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:23 – 21:34
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:21 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Char | 11:14 – 12:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:52 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 16:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:08 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:45 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:29 – 00:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:51 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:19 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
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:42 next day Sagittarius
- 02:42 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:19 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