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Panchang for Chicago — 3 January 2026

Krishna Pratipada tithi, Punarvasu nakshatra · Saturday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

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 — 07:18 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 01:00 AMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdaySaturdayLabour, iron, oil, long-term work — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraPunarvasu · pada 1until 03:41 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaIndrauntil 05:45 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBalavauntil 02:28 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:18 AM
Sunset04:32 PM
Moonrise04:54 PM
Moonset07:47 AM
Moon inGemini
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:36 AM – 12:13 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:42 AM – 06:30 AM
Amrit Kalam02:49 AM – 04:16 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam09:36 AM – 10:45 AM
Gulika Kalam07:18 AM – 08:27 AM
Yamaganda01:04 PM – 02:13 PM
Varjyam06:07 PM – 07:34 PM
Durmuhurta09:45 AM – 10:22 AM
Durmuhurta01:27 PM – 02:04 PM

Day Choghadiya

Kaal07:18 AM – 08:27 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh08:27 AM – 09:36 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog09:36 AM – 10:45 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg10:45 AM – 11:55 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara11:55 AM – 01:04 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh01:04 PM – 02:13 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit02:13 PM – 03:22 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:22 PM – 04:32 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Laabh04:32 PM – 06:22 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit06:22 PM – 08:13 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:13 PM – 10:04 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:04 PM – 11:55 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:55 PM – 01:45 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:45 AM – 03:36 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:36 AM – 05:27 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:27 AM – 07:18 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures

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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