Chicago panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 10:01 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 19:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:49 – 14:31
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
19:38 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:37
- Karana Taitila until 12:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:37 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:31
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. 04:37 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:38 – 21:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 11:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:20 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:38 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:48 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:44 Pisces
- 05:44 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:10 Gemini
- 11:10 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:40 next day Pisces
- 05:40 – 05:59 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