पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 12, 2007 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.7 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga🪷 Mattaḥ Parataraṁ Nānyat · Krishna IS the thread
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।

मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।।
"7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a thread." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.48°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra182.92°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.39°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra285.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani119.75°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:55 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 22 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 37 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 11:59
Yamaganda14:19 – 15:30
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 09:38
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:17 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:28 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:38 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:59 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:09 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:19 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:30 – 16:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:40 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:30 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:19 – 22:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:09 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:59 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:38 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:28 – 07:17 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865647.27 · 5108.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454112.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9512° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)276.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9512°) · declination -21.73° · EoT -8.27 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:2007-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)