Chicago panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 05:04 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:50 – 14:30
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:30 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:29 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 00:07 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:01, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:01 – 22:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:07 – 20:51 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:29 – 06:09 next day
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. 04:45 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:30 – 21:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:50 | Good |
| Rog | 12:50 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 00:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:50 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:09 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:03 Aquarius
- 05:03 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 14:11 Cancer
- 14:11 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:18 next day Scorpio
- 00:18 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 04:59 next day Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:09 next day Aries
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