Chicago panchang, 19 April 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 07:01 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 19:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam 16:12 – 17:53
- Durmuhurta 17:46 – 18:40
- Rahu Kalam 17:53 – 19:34
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:34 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:58
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:32
- Karana Taitila until 10:38, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:38 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 20:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:46 – 18:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:53 – 19:34
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. 04:41 – 05:23
- 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 19:34 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 11:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:08 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:34 – 20:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:03 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:47 Aquarius
- 04:47 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 06:03 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