पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 8, 2012 CE

🪷 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 1.6 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्।

सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः।।1.6।।
"1.6 Yudhamanyu, Uttamouja, Soubhadra and the sons of Droupadi, famous men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra68.06°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha245.43°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.48°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra298.26°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani184.41°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:32 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:59
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:26 – 16:36
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:07
Gulika Kāla14:17 – 15:26
Varjyam07:42 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-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 · 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:28 – 09:38 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:38 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:07 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:17 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:26 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:36 – 18:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:26 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:17 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:07 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:38 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:28 – 07:19 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867469.27
Julian Day2455934.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0209°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.10°
🪷 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 (24.0209°), declination -22.34°, EoT -6.70 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: 2012-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)