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Panchang for Chicago — 4 May 2026

Krishna Tritiya tithi, Jyeshtha nakshatra · Monday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

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

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 — 05:42 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 Tritiyauntil 06:54 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraJyeshtha · pada 1until 02:24 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaParighauntil 12:49 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 06:54 PMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:42 AM
Sunset07:53 PM
Moonrise11:26 PM
Moonset06:54 AM
Moon inScorpio
Sun inAries
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:06 AM – 04:54 AM
Amrit Kalam04:13 PM – 06:01 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam07:28 AM – 09:14 AM
Gulika Kalam02:33 PM – 04:20 PM
Yamaganda11:01 AM – 12:47 PM
Varjyam05:26 AM – 07:14 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:19 PM – 01:15 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta04:06 PM – 05:02 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit05:42 AM – 07:28 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:28 AM – 09:14 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:14 AM – 11:01 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:01 AM – 12:47 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:47 PM – 02:33 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:33 PM – 04:20 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:20 PM – 06:06 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit06:06 PM – 07:53 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara07:53 PM – 09:06 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh09:06 PM – 10:20 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:20 PM – 11:33 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:33 PM – 12:47 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:47 AM – 02:01 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog02:01 AM – 03:14 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:14 AM – 04:28 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:28 AM – 05:42 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

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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