Chicago panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 23:53 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 19:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:12 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:30
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:27 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:42
- Karana Bava until 09:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:38 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 20:42 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:42 – 20:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:30
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. 04:48 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:12 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:27 – 20:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:50 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:13 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:28 next day Scorpio
- 00:28 – 02:28 next day Sagittarius
- 02:28 – 03:57 next day Capricorn
- 03:57 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:13 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