पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 21, 2013 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 10.13 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा।

असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे।।10.13।।
"10.13 So have said the seers and the divine sage Narada; as well as Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.13'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra29.50°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.31°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha278.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra260.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani196.52°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:17 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 09:37
Yamaganda10:49 – 12:02
Gulika Kāla13:14 – 14:26
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:13 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:25 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:37 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:49 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:02 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:14 – 14:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:26 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:39 – 16:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:51 – 18:39 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:39 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:26 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:14 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:02 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:49 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:37 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:25 – 07:13 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867848.27 · 5114.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456313.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0354° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0354°) · declination -19.90° · EoT -11.26 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2013-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)