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Panchang for Chicago — 5 August 2026

Krishna Saptami tithi, Ashwini nakshatra · Wednesday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

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

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 — 05:48 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 Saptamiuntil 10:12 AMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraAshwini · pada 4until 10:48 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShulauntil 06:59 AMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaBavauntil 10:12 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:48 AM
Sunset08:04 PM
Moonrise11:19 PM
Moonset01:20 PM
Moon inAries
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:12 AM – 05:00 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:56 PM – 02:43 PM
Gulika Kalam11:09 AM – 12:56 PM
Yamaganda07:35 AM – 09:22 AM
Varjyam06:44 AM – 08:17 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:27 PM – 01:24 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:36 AM – 10:33 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:48 AM – 07:35 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:35 AM – 09:22 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:22 AM – 11:09 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:09 AM – 12:56 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:56 PM – 02:43 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:43 PM – 04:30 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:30 PM – 06:17 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:17 PM – 08:04 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg08:04 PM – 09:17 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:17 PM – 10:30 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:30 PM – 11:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:43 PM – 12:56 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:56 AM – 02:09 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:09 AM – 03:22 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:22 AM – 04:35 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:35 AM – 05:48 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