Chicago panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 05:27 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 19:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:51
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:31 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:32 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Revati until 01:32 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 20:51
- Karana Shakuni until 09:41, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:32 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:51 – 22:03
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. 04:44 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 01:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:41 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:32 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Char | 11:10 – 12:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:50 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:31 – 20:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:51 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:49 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:09 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:59 Aquarius
- 04:59 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:44 next day Capricorn
- 03:44 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:08 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