Chicago panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 07:50 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 19:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:53
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:35 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 02:01 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:01 – 04:25 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. 04:39 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 15:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 15:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:38 – 06:02 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:35 | Good |
| Char | 19:35 – 20:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:07 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 08:59 Taurus
- 08:59 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:51 Cancer
- 13:51 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:48 next day Pisces
- 05:48 – 06:02 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