Chicago panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 13:43 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 19:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 16:15
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:34 Moon enters Leo
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:41 to 05:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 13:13
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:34 Moon enters Leo
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:44 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:31 – 15:34
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. 04:34 – 05:15
- 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 19:41 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 05:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 07:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Char | 12:48 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:41 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:48 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 05:54 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:58 Gemini
- 10:58 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:39 Scorpio
- 23:39 – 01:39 next day Sagittarius
- 01:39 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 05:54 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