पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 29, 2012 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 1.27 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि।

तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान्।।1.27।।
"1.27 Fathers-in-law and benefactors, arrayed on both sides. Arjuna then gazed at all those kinsmen before him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra351.40°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.70°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha277.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.12°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra323.67°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani185.15°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:06 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:56 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:46 – 17:00
Yamaganda12:04 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla14:32 – 15:46
Varjyam07:32 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:07 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:21 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:04 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:32 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:46 – 17:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:00 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:46 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:32 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 00:04 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:04 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:21 – 07:07 (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)1867490.27
Julian Day2455955.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0217°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.21°
🪷 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 (24.0217°), declination -18.13°, 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: 2012-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)