Chicago panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 15:58 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 19:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:57
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:05 Moon enters Virgo
Night
19:43 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 10:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:05
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:05 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:01 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:38 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:05 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:16 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:57
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. 04:32 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:48 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:43 | Good |
| Char | 19:43 – 20:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:36 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:31 Scorpio
- 23:31 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 05:52 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