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Panchang for Chicago — 1 April 2026

Shukla Purnima tithi, Hasta nakshatra · Wednesday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Meena (Phalguna)

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 — 06:33 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
TithiShukla Purnimauntil 09:12 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraHasta · pada 1until 07:08 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaDhruvauntil 03:49 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 08:51 AMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:33 AM
Sunset07:16 PM
Moonrise07:17 PM
Moonset06:05 AM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inPisces
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Shishira

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:57 AM – 05:45 AM
Amrit Kalam01:21 AM – 03:03 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:54 PM – 02:29 PM
Gulika Kalam11:19 AM – 12:54 PM
Yamaganda08:08 AM – 09:43 AM
Varjyam03:38 PM – 05:19 PM
Abhijit Muhurta12:29 PM – 01:19 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:56 AM – 10:47 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh06:33 AM – 08:08 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:08 AM – 09:43 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:43 AM – 11:19 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:19 AM – 12:54 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:54 PM – 02:29 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:29 PM – 04:05 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:05 PM – 05:40 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh05:40 PM – 07:16 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg07:16 PM – 08:40 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:40 PM – 10:05 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:05 PM – 11:29 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:29 PM – 12:54 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:54 AM – 02:19 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:19 AM – 03:43 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:43 AM – 05:08 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:08 AM – 06:33 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; 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