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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 1948Margashirsha (amanta month)Saura month Vrischika (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 |
|---|
| Tithi | Shukla Pratipada | until 09:16 PM | Nanda tithi — auspicious and supportive. |
| Weekday | Wednesday | — | Trade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel. |
| Nakshatra | Jyeshtha · pada 4 | until 09:30 AM | Tikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas. |
| Yoga | Shula | until 09:54 PM | Inauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works. |
| Karana | Kimstughna | until 08:02 AM | Fixed karana — auspicious, conducive to good beginnings. |
What the quality words mean
- Favourable — the texts call this limb supportive
- Mixed — neither specially supportive nor rejected
- Inauspicious — rejected for auspicious undertakings
Sun & Moon
| Sunrise | 07:06 AM |
| Sunset | 04:20 PM |
| Moonrise | 08:06 AM |
| Moonset | 04:28 PM |
| Moon in | Scorpio |
| Sun in | Scorpio |
| Ayana · Ritu (season) | Dakshinayana · Sharad |
Auspicious windows
| Brahma Muhurta | 05:08 AM – 06:07 AM |
| Amrit Kalam | 05:17 AM, Dec 10 – 07:04 AM, Dec 10 |
Inauspicious — avoid
| Rahu Kalam | 11:43 AM – 12:52 PM |
| Gulika Kalam | 10:33 AM – 11:43 AM |
| Yamaganda | 08:15 AM – 09:24 AM |
| Varjyam | 06:30 PM – 08:17 PM |
| Abhijit Muhurta | 11:24 AM – 12:01 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious |
Day Choghadiya
| | |
|---|
| Laabh | 07:06 AM – 08:15 AM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Amrit | 08:15 AM – 09:24 AM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Kaal | 09:24 AM – 10:33 AM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 10:33 AM – 11:43 AM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Rog | 11:43 AM – 12:52 PM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Udveg | 12:52 PM – 02:01 PM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Chara | 02:01 PM – 03:10 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Laabh | 03:10 PM – 04:20 PM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
Night Choghadiya
| Udveg | 04:20 PM – 06:10 PM | Anxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts |
| Shubh | 06:10 PM – 08:01 PM | Auspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education |
| Amrit | 08:01 PM – 09:52 PM | Nectar — best for all auspicious works |
| Chara | 09:52 PM – 11:43 PM | Movable — travel, vehicles, changeable work |
| Rog | 11:43 PM – 01:34 AM | Disease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts |
| Kaal | 01:34 AM – 03:25 AM | Death — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts |
| Laabh | 03:25 AM – 05:16 AM | Gain — business, trade, new ventures |
| Udveg | 05:16 AM – 07:07 AM | Anxiety — 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)
❖ T2 Durmuhurta — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.52 (ravav aryama brahmarakshash ca some kuje vahnipitrye budhe cabhijit syat; gurau toyarakshau bhrigau brahmapitrye shanav ishasarpau muhurta nishiddhah), the slots numbered from the day-muhurta list v.50 and the night list v.51; Tuesday's Vahni is the night muhurta (the day list holds only the joint Indragni)
❖ T2 Visha (Varjyam) ghatis per nakshatra — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana vv.47–49, scaled to the nakshatra's true span (nakshatrabhogena nighnah shashtya bhajitah sphutah, v.49); Prasna Marga's table differs in Ardra, Hasta and Mula
❖ T2 Ravi yoga — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana v.27: the Moon's nakshatra 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's (doshasanghavinashakah); windowed at the nakshatra boundaries of either body
❖ T2 Bhadra (Vishti karana) and her abode — Muhurta Chintamani, Shubhashubha-prakarana vv.43–45: which tithi-halves are Vishti; Moon in Kumbha/Mina/Karka/Simha = the mortal world (harmful), Mesha/Vrisha/Mithuna/Vrishchika = Svarga, Kanya/Tula/Dhanu/Makara = Patala (yatra bhadra tatraiva tatphalam)
❖ T2 Pancha-bana — Muhurta Chintamani, Vivaha-prakarana v.71 (the Prachya rule, Kashyapa quoted): the Sun's whole degrees in its sign + 6, 3, 1, 8, 4, each divided by 9, a remainder of 5 marks Roga, Agni, Raja, Chora, Mrityu; parihara v.72
❖ T2 Agni-vasa — Muhurta Chintamani, Nakshatra-prakarana v.36: tithi + vara + 1 divided by four; remainder 0 or 3 Prithvi, 1 Akasha, 2 Patala
❖ T2 Sandhya = three nadi reckoned from the Sun's half-disc, before rising and after setting — Muhurta Chintamani, Sankranti-prakarana v.7; taken as three proportional night-ghatis (night/30 each) following DrikPanchang's convention. Godhuli width (one night-ghati after sunset), Vijaya (the 11th day-muhurta) and Nishita (the middle night-muhurta; nishitha = ardharatra) are stated conventions, not verses
❖ T3 Chandra-vasa (by the Moon's rashi), Rahu-vasa (by weekday) and Shiva-vasa ((2×tithi + 5) mod 7) — pancanga conventions verified against 30 published tithi-days; no verse for them in our library, so they are not cited to one