पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 26, 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 10.18 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।

भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।10.18।।
"10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.18'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya282.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra89.11°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha287.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra266.94°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.74°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:36 – 10:50
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:22
Varjyam07:33 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:22 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:36 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:50 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:44 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:57 – 18:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:44 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:50 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:36 – 05:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:22 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867853.27
Julian Day2456318.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0356°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.33°
🪷 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 (24.0356°), declination -18.71°, EoT -12.54 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: 2013-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)