Chicago panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 17:03 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 19:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 12:48 – 14:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 18:00
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
19:44 to 05:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:06 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:34
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:34 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:06 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 18:00
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. 04:30 – 05:11
- 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 19:44 – 21:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:22 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:36 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Char | 09:20 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:48 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 18:00 | Good |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:31 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:47 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:03 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 05:50 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:46 Gemini
- 10:46 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:50 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