पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 29, 2011 CE

🪷 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 9.25 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
"9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra225.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha266.93°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra238.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani172.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:47 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

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

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:07 – 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 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:46 – 17:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:01 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:46 – 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 – 07:07 (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

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867125.27
Julian Day2455590.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0077°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)299.56°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0077°), declination -18.07°, EoT -13.17 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)