पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 6, 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 14.6 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ।।14.6।।
"14.6 O Sinless One! Of these, Purity, being luminous, strong and invulnerable, binds one by its yearning for happiness and illumination." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.6'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya293.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra49.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.38°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha281.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati306.54°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra264.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani352.00°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:05
Yamaganda14:38 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla08:15 – 09:32
Varjyam07:24 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:59 – 08:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:15 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:21 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:38 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:55 – 17:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:11 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:55 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:38 – 22:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:21 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:15 – 06:59 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1862385.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450850.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8264° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8264°) · declination -15.73° · EoT -14.30 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:1998-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)