Chicago panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 05:53 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 19:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:10
- Yamaganda 16:11 – 17:52
- 06:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:32 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 17:15
- Karana Naga until 06:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:52
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. 04:43 – 05:25
- 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 19:32 – 21:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 23:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 03:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:50 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:32 – 20:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:06 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:40 next day Capricorn
- 03:40 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 06:06 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