पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 18, 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 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.41°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha273.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra256.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.36°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:50 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:46 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 33 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 26 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:01
Yamaganda14:24 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla08:26 – 09:38
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · 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 Chala07:14 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:26 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:38 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:01 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:13 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:24 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:36 – 16:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:47 – 18:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:36 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:24 – 22:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:13 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:01 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:38 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:26 – 07:14 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867845.27
Julian Day2456310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0353°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.47°
🪷 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 (24.0353°), declination -20.54°, EoT -10.35 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: 2013-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)