Chicago panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:33 Moonrise 06:23 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 16:11
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:33 to 06:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:33 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 13:26
- Karana Balava until 14:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:11
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. 04:42 – 05:24
- 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 19:33 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:09 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Char | 12:50 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:33 – 20:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:51 Aquarius
- 04:51 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 00:06 next day Scorpio
- 00:06 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:36 next day Capricorn
- 03:36 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:56 next day Pisces
- 05:56 – 06:05 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