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Panchang for Chicago — 30 December 2026

Krishna Ashtami tithi, Hasta nakshatra · Wednesday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

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 — 07:18 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 Ashtamiuntil 01:02 AMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraHasta · pada 1until 04:43 AMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShobhanauntil 12:56 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBalavauntil 12:59 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:18 AM
Sunset04:29 PM
Moonrise12:43 AM
Moonset11:08 AM
Moon inVirgo
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta05:42 AM – 06:30 AM
Amrit Kalam11:52 PM – 01:30 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam11:53 AM – 01:02 PM
Gulika Kalam10:44 AM – 11:53 AM
Yamaganda08:26 AM – 09:35 AM
Varjyam02:25 PM – 04:04 PM
Abhijit Muhurta11:35 AM – 12:11 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:44 AM – 10:21 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh07:18 AM – 08:26 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:26 AM – 09:35 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:35 AM – 10:44 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:44 AM – 11:53 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog11:53 AM – 01:02 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:02 PM – 02:11 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara02:11 PM – 03:20 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:20 PM – 04:29 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg04:29 PM – 06:20 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara06:20 PM – 08:11 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:11 PM – 10:02 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit10:02 PM – 11:53 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal11:53 PM – 01:44 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh01:44 AM – 03:35 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:35 AM – 05:26 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg05:26 AM – 07:18 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