Muhūrta · Electional timing
Auspicious house-construction dates in Chicago, USA
August 2026 · America/Chicago · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
Laying the foundation: supportive tithis and a good nakshatra with the 8th house empty. Each day below is scored purely on chart-independent factors — tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga and karana — with a good lagna window for Chicago. See today's full panchāṅga for Chicago →
These dates ignore your birth chart.
The classical method also weighs your janma nakshatra (tāra bala), Moon sign (chandra bala) and the muhūrta chart against your horoscope. Rank these same days for your chart — free, deterministic, no AI.
Rank these for YOUR chart →Best house-construction dates — August 2026
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi · Monday
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi · Monday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Shula yoga is inauspicious
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Krishna Trayodashi tithi · Monday
✗ Vajra yoga is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Shukla Trayodashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Shukla Purnima tithi · Thursday
✗ Atiganda yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Friday
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred
Every day this month at a glance
Score = share of the chart-independent panchānga factors met (tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga, karana). Eclipse days score 0.
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Computed deterministically with a license-clean Vedic engine (astronomy-engine, VSOP87-grade). Lahiri ayanāṁśa, drik gaṇita, grounded in Ch.36 Table 79. Advisory only — for a chart-specific muhūrta, open the finder.