Chicago panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 11:16 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 19:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:55
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
19:39 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:27 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:02
- Karana Vanija until 10:19, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:31 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 11:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:19 – 21:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:55
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:02 – 19:02
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. 04:36 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:39 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 10:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 10:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:27 – 05:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:27 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:39 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:56 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:48 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 05:57 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 05:57 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