Chicago panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 20:17 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam 16:08 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta 17:39 – 18:32
- Rahu Kalam 17:46 – 19:24
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:12 Moon enters Libra
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:24 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 23:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:57
- Karana Balava until 15:54, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:12 Moon enters Libra
- 15:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:07 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:39 – 18:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:46 – 19:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 04:52 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:14 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:29 – 00:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:51 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:18 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
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 06:33 Pisces
- 06:33 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:18 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