पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 30, 1998 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.34 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।

क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।।13.34।।
"13.34 As the one Sun illuminates the whole earth, so the Lord illumines the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra310.30°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha270.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra265.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani351.44°MīnaRevatī P2

☀️ Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:14 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:07 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:27
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:04
Yamaganda14:33 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 09:35
Varjyam07:31 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:06 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:20 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:35 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:33 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:47 – 17:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:02 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:47 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:33 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:35 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:20 – 07:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862378.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450843.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8262° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)21.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8262°) · declination -17.76° · EoT -13.36 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1998-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)