Chicago panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 12:31 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 19:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 11:06 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 16:14 – 17:57
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:40 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:52
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:44 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 14:54
- Karana Bava until 08:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:44 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:54 – 17:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:57
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 09:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:44 – 05:56 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. 04:35 – 05:16
- 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 19:40 – 21:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:44 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 11:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:06 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:14 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:40 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:48 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 11:02 Gemini
- 11:02 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:56 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