Chicago panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 14:52 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 19:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam 16:15 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta 17:52 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:59 – 19:42
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:42 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:37
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 07:37, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:52 – 18:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:59 – 19:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:38 – 07:46 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. 04:33 – 05:14
- 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 19:42 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 09:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:54 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:48 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 16:15 | Good |
| Rog | 16:15 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:42 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:48 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:35 Scorpio
- 23:35 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:16 next day Aquarius
- 04:16 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 05:53 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