Chicago panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 18:08 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 19:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:48 – 14:32
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
19:45 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 10:21
- Karana Taitila until 09:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:44 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:21 – 11:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:32
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. 04:29 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:45 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 13:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:46 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:48 | Good |
| Rog | 12:48 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:32 | Good |
| Char | 23:32 – 00:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:47 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:24 Taurus
- 08:24 – 10:43 Gemini
- 10:43 – 13:16 Cancer
- 13:16 – 15:49 Leo
- 15:49 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 05:49 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