पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 15, 2013 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 10.7 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
"10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra314.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha268.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra253.16°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani196.20°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:44 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:25 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:00 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:32 – 16:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:44 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:29 – 18:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:22 – 15:33
Yamaganda09:38 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:00 – 13:11
Varjyam07:39 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:16 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:27 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:38 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:00 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:11 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:22 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:44 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:22 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:11 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:00 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:38 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:27 – 07:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867842.27
Julian Day2456307.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.38°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -21.12°, EoT -9.35 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: 2013-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)