पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 12, 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 1.10 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्।

पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्।।1.10।।
"1.10 Yet our army seems the weaker, though commanded by Bheeshma; their army seems the stronger, though commanded by Bheema." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.20°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra120.97°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.01°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha251.32°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.69°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra303.14°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.61°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:40 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:22 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:06 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 22 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 37 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:28 – 16:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:40 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:25 – 18:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:09 – 14:19
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla09:38 – 10:48
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:18 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:28 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:38 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 11:59 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:59 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:09 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:19 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:30 – 16:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:40 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:30 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:19 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:09 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:59 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:38 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:28 – 07:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867473.27
Julian Day2455938.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.34°
🪷 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 (24.0210°), declination -21.76°, EoT -8.27 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: 2012-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)