Chicago panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 04:20 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 19:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:12 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:49
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:28 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:39
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:36 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:46
- Karana Balava until 14:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:09 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:39 – 16:42
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. 04:48 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:14 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:12 | Good |
| Rog | 11:12 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:28 | Good |
| Char | 19:28 – 20:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 00:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:50 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:11 Aquarius
- 05:11 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:07 next day Aquarius
- 05:07 – 06:13 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