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Panchang for Chicago — 21 July 2027

Krishna Tritiya tithi, Dhanishtha nakshatra · Wednesday · IL (41.8781°, -87.6298°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2084 (Raudri)Shaka Samvat 1949Karka (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 — 05:33 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 Tritiyauntil 06:17 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraDhanishtha · pada 4until 10:04 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaAyushmanuntil 08:04 AMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 06:17 PMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:33 AM
Sunset08:20 PM
Moonrise09:52 PM
Moonset08:19 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta03:57 AM – 04:45 AM
Amrit Kalam

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:56 PM – 02:47 PM
Gulika Kalam11:05 AM – 12:56 PM
Yamaganda07:23 AM – 09:14 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta12:26 PM – 01:26 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:29 AM – 10:28 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:33 AM – 07:23 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:23 AM – 09:14 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:14 AM – 11:05 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:05 AM – 12:56 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:56 PM – 02:47 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:47 PM – 04:38 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:38 PM – 06:29 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:29 PM – 08:20 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg08:20 PM – 09:29 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:29 PM – 10:38 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:38 PM – 11:47 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:47 PM – 12:56 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:56 AM – 02:05 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:05 AM – 03:14 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:14 AM – 04:23 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:23 AM – 05:33 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