Chicago panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 15:08 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 19:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:53 – 14:30
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:11 Moon enters Leo
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:20 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 11:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:14
- Karana Vanija until 07:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 11:11 Moon enters Leo
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:55 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:11 – 18:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:53 – 14:30
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:14 – 01:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:27 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:30 – 06:23 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. 04:57 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:20 – 21:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 11:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:28 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:53 | Good |
| Rog | 12:53 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 17:22 Leo
- 17:22 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:56 next day Scorpio
- 00:56 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 06:25 next day Pisces
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