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Panchang for Chicago — 8 January 2027

Shukla Pratipada tithi, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Friday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2084 (Raudri)Shaka Samvat 1949Dhanu (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
TithiShukla Pratipadauntil 05:04 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraUttara Ashadha · pada 2until 12:46 AMSthira nakshatra — Griha-pravesh, planting, coronation, long-term & permanent works.
YogaHarshanauntil 04:45 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBavauntil 05:04 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise07:18 AM
Sunset04:37 PM
Moonrise08:08 AM
Moonset05:21 PM
Moon inCapricorn
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:38 AM – 12:16 PM
Brahma Muhurta05:42 AM – 06:30 AM
Amrit Kalam06:51 PM – 08:39 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:47 AM – 11:57 AM
Gulika Kalam08:27 AM – 09:37 AM
Yamaganda02:17 PM – 03:27 PM
Varjyam08:02 AM – 09:50 AM
Durmuhurta11:01 AM – 11:38 AM
Durmuhurta01:30 PM – 02:07 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara07:18 AM – 08:27 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh08:27 AM – 09:37 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:37 AM – 10:47 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:47 AM – 11:57 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:57 AM – 01:07 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:07 PM – 02:17 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:17 PM – 03:27 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:27 PM – 04:37 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog04:37 PM – 06:27 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg06:27 PM – 08:17 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara08:17 PM – 10:07 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:07 PM – 11:57 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:57 PM – 01:47 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:47 AM – 03:37 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:37 AM – 05:27 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog05:27 AM – 07:18 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; 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