Chicago panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 03:11 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 19:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 12:50 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:12 – 17:53
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:15 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
19:34 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:44 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 21:03
- Karana Vanija until 16:26, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:15 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:12 – 17:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:15 – 05:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 06:04 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:19 – 19:35
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. 04:41 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:05 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 11:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:09 – 12:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:50 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:53 | Good |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:34 – 20:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:08 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:34 next day Capricorn
- 03:34 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 05:54 next day Pisces
- 05:54 – 06:04 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