Chicago panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 03:56 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 19:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 16:09 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta 17:41 – 18:34
- Rahu Kalam 17:48 – 19:27
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:27 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:47
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:33 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:47, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:49 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:41 – 18:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:48 – 19:27
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. 04:49 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 16:09 | Good |
| Rog | 16:09 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 00:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:50 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:14 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:15 Aquarius
- 05:15 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 19:29 Virgo
- 19:29 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:11 next day Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:14 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