🗓️ Chicago, Illinois
A Panchang printed for Delhi or Ujjain is not right for Chicago: sunrise is at a different time, so Rahu Kaal and every daytime Muhurat shift too. Below is today's Panchang calculated from Chicago's own sunrise and time zone.
| Day (Vara) | Shanivar (Saturday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Saptami until Sun 1 Nov, 3:22 AM |
| Nakshatra | Punarvasu (pada 2) until Sat 31 Oct, 7:09 PM |
| Yoga | Sadhya |
| Karana | Vishti (Bhadra) |
| Paksha | Krishna Paksha (waning Moon) |
| Moon sign | Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Sun sign (sidereal) | Tula (Libra) |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 7:22 AM / 5:46 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 9:58 AM – 11:16 AM |
| Yamaganda | 1:52 PM – 3:10 PM |
| Gulika Kaal | 7:22 AM – 8:40 AM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 12:13 PM – 12:54 PM |
All times are Chicago local time (Central Daylight Time, UTC−5). Calculated from Chicago's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
| Date | Tithi at sunrise | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Rahu Kaal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 Nov | Krishna Ashtami | Pushya | 6:23 AM | 3:27 PM – 4:44 PM |
| Mon 2 Nov | Krishna Navami | Ashlesha | 6:24 AM | 7:41 AM – 8:59 AM |
| Tue 3 Nov | Krishna Dashami | Magha | 6:25 AM | 2:08 PM – 3:25 PM |
| Wed 4 Nov | Krishna Ekadashi | Purva Phalguni | 6:26 AM | 11:34 AM – 12:50 PM |
| Thu 5 Nov | Krishna Dwadashi | Uttara Phalguni | 6:28 AM | 12:50 PM – 2:07 PM |
| Fri 6 Nov | Krishna Trayodashi | Hasta | 6:29 AM | 10:17 AM – 11:34 AM |
| Sat 7 Nov | Krishna Chaturdashi | Chitra | 6:30 AM | 9:02 AM – 10:18 AM |
Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana are shown as they stand at sunrise in Chicago, the traditional rule for the day's Panchang. Times use Central Daylight Time (UTC−5), 10 h 30 min behind India. Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika are each one eighth of the time from sunrise to sunset, so their length changes through the seasons.
Start and end times are in Chicago time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.
The length of the day decides the length of Rahu Kaal. In Chicago the shortest day has about 9 h 8 min of daylight and the longest about 15 h 14 min (today: 10 h 24 min), which gives a Rahu Kaal of 68 to 114 minutes.
Sunrise in Chicago today is 7:22 AM, 34 minutes earlier on the clock than in Atlanta (948 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
On 31 October the sunrise Tithi in Chicago is Krishna Saptami; in Delhi it is Krishna Shashthi. This is why a vrat date from an Indian calendar can be a day off in Chicago.
Chicago is on Central Daylight Time (UTC−5), 10 h 30 min behind India.
Chicago uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:
If you were born in Chicago, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.
Chicago's Devon Avenue has been the heart of Indian life in the Midwest for decades, and the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora is one of the region's main temples. Central Time is 10 h 30 min to 11 h 30 min behind India, so festival dates often fall a day earlier than the Indian calendar suggests.
A Tithi begins at the same moment everywhere, but the local clock and sunrise differ. The day's Tithi is the one running at local sunrise, so Chicago can have a different Tithi on a given date than Delhi.
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The Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa, the standard used by the Indian government's Rashtriya Panchang and most printed Panchangs.
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