Chicago panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 08:51 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 19:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 12:49 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:55
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:37 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:38
- Karana Balava until 14:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 11:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:55
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. 04:38 – 05:20
- 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 19:37 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:28 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 11:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:07 – 12:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:49 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:55 | Good |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:37 – 20:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 00:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:48 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:06 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:00 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 06:00 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