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Panchang for Chicago — 9 December 2026

Shukla Pratipada tithi, Jyeshtha nakshatra · Wednesday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Vrischika (Kartika)

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 — 07:06 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 Pratipadauntil 09:16 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraJyeshtha · pada 4until 09:30 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShulauntil 09:54 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaKimstughnauntil 08:02 AMFixed karana — auspicious, conducive to good beginnings.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:06 AM
Sunset04:20 PM
Moonrise08:06 AM
Moonset04:28 PM
Moon inScorpio
Sun inScorpio
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Sharad

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:30 AM – 06:18 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:43 AM – 12:52 PM
Gulika Kalam10:33 AM – 11:43 AM
Yamaganda08:15 AM – 09:24 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta11:24 AM – 12:01 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:33 AM – 10:10 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh07:06 AM – 08:15 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:15 AM – 09:24 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:24 AM – 10:33 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:33 AM – 11:43 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:43 AM – 12:52 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:52 PM – 02:01 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:01 PM – 03:10 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:10 PM – 04:20 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg04:20 PM – 06:10 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara06:10 PM – 08:01 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:01 PM – 09:52 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:52 PM – 11:43 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:43 PM – 01:33 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:33 AM – 03:24 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:24 AM – 05:15 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:15 AM – 07:06 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