पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 29, 2005 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
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🪷 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 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra145.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha274.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.25°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra270.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani88.60°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:25 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:02 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:35 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:32
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:21
Varjyam07:31 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:06 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:21 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:35 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:32 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:47 – 17:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:01 – 18:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:47 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:32 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:35 – 05:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:21 – 07:06 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864934.27 · 5106.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453399.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9239° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.9239°) · declination -17.94° · EoT -13.17 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:2005-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)