Chicago Panchang
Bhadrapada·Shukla Paksha·VS 2083·Varsha·September 2026 calendar →
Ruled by Venus · Good today for marriage, buying, decorating, anything made to be beautiful
Auspicious Timings
Inauspicious Timings
At a glance
| Tithi | Shukla Ashtami |
| Nakshatra | Mula |
| Yoga | Ayushman |
| Karana | Vishti |
| Sunrise | 6:34 AM |
Bhadra
Auspicious work is not started in it. Whether a given Bhadra touches the earth at all depends on the paksha and the tithi, and that judgement is not made here — the times are what this page states.
| Time | Name | Nature | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:55 PM – 8:22 PM | Rog | avoid | obstacles tend to come of it |
| 8:22 PM – 9:50 PM | Kaal | bad | nothing important should be started |
| 9:50 PM – 11:17 PM | Labh | gain | for trade and anything meant to profit |
| 11:17 PM – 12:45 AM | Udveg | avoid | do not begin anything that matters |
| 12:45 AM – 2:12 AM | Shubh | good | for auspicious and ceremonial work |
| 2:12 AM – 3:40 AM | Amrit | best | the best time of the day for anything auspicious |
| 3:40 AM – 5:07 AM | Char | fair | for travel and anything that moves |
| 5:07 AM – 6:35 AM | Rog | avoid | obstacles tend to come of it |
✧Hora
Twelve parts of the day and twelve of the night, each with its own lord. The first hora belongs to the planet the weekday is named for.
☼Sun and Moon
| Sun Rashi | Virgo 1.35° |
| Sun Nakshatra | Uttara Phalguni · Pada 2 |
| Moon Rashi | Scorpio 27.18° |
| Moon Nakshatra | Jyeshtha · Pada 4 |
▤Hindu calendar
| Masa | Bhadrapada |
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Ritu | Varsha |
| Ayana | Dakshinayana |
| Vikram Samvat | 2083 |
| Shaka Samvat | 1948 |
| Day length | 12h 21m |
| Night length | 11h 40m |
☼Where the grahas stand
- SunVirgoUttara Phalguni · Pada 2
- MoonScorpioJyeshtha · Pada 4
- MarsCancerPunarvasu · Pada 4
- MercuryVirgoHasta · Pada 3
- JupiterCancerAshlesha · Pada 2
- VenusLibraSwati · Pada 2
- SaturnretrogradePiscesRevati · Pada 1
- RahuretrogradeAquariusDhanishta · Pada 4
- KeturetrogradeLeoMagha · Pada 2
❦What is a panchang?
Panchang means the five limbs of a day — tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana. Tithi is the angle between the Sun and the Moon; nakshatra is where the Moon stands. All five change through the day, which is why each one here carries the time it runs until.
1. Tithi — the lunar day
A tithi is 12° of distance between the Moon and the Sun. The Moon does not move at an even speed, so a tithi runs anywhere from 19 to 26 hours — which is why it rarely begins at sunrise and why this page prints the time each one ends. Thirty to a lunar month: fifteen in the waxing half, Pratipada to Purnima, and fifteen in the waning half, Pratipada to Amavasya.
2. Vara — the weekday
The seven days belong to seven grahas: Sunday to the Sun, Monday the Moon, Tuesday Mars, Wednesday Mercury, Thursday Jupiter, Friday Venus, Saturday Saturn. The vara turns at sunrise, not at midnight — so at three in the morning the day has not changed yet, and a panchang that says otherwise is reading a clock instead of the sky.
3. Nakshatra — where the Moon stands
The circle is cut into 27 parts of 13°20' each, and the Moon crosses all of them in about 27.3 days. Each nakshatra has its own lord and its own nature, and each is quartered into padas. A 28th, Abhijit, is counted in some muhurat reckonings and not in the 27 this page prints.
4. Yoga — the Sun and Moon added
Add the two longitudes together and divide by 13°20' and you have the yoga: 27 of them, from Vishkambha to Vaidhriti. Some are held to help what is begun in them and some to hinder it — Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are the two usually avoided.
5. Karana — half a tithi
Six degrees of the same Sun–Moon distance, so two karanas to every tithi and sixty to a lunar month. Eleven names fill them: seven that repeat and four that come once. Vishti is the one to know — it is Bhadra, and work begun in it is held to come to nothing, which is why this page gives it a card of its own.
Choosing a muhurat
A muhurat is chosen by reading the five limbs together, not one at a time: the tithi, the vara it falls on, the nakshatra the Moon stands in, and the windows the day is divided into. Where the rules disagree — and on several points they do — this site names both readings rather than picking one quietly.