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Panchang for Chicago — 28 August 2026

Krishna Pratipada tithi, Shatabhisha nakshatra · Friday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Simha (Shravana)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Chicago (41.8781°, -87.6298°)'s own sunrise — 06:12 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Pratipadauntil 11:27 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraShatabhisha · pada 3until 04:43 PMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaSukarmauntil 08:06 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBalavauntil 11:26 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:12 AM
Sunset07:31 PM
Moonrise07:48 PM
Moonset06:32 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta12:24 PM – 01:18 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:36 AM – 05:24 AM
Amrit Kalam09:28 AM – 11:07 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:11 AM – 12:51 PM
Gulika Kalam07:51 AM – 09:31 AM
Yamaganda04:11 PM – 05:51 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta11:31 AM – 12:24 PM
Durmuhurta03:04 PM – 03:57 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara06:12 AM – 07:51 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:51 AM – 09:31 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:31 AM – 11:11 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:11 AM – 12:51 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:51 PM – 02:31 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:31 PM – 04:11 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:11 PM – 05:51 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara05:51 PM – 07:31 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog07:31 PM – 08:51 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:51 PM – 10:11 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:11 PM – 11:31 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh11:31 PM – 12:51 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:51 AM – 02:11 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal02:11 AM – 03:31 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:31 AM – 04:51 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:51 AM – 06:12 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle