पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 27, 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 10.19 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।10.19।।
"10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the chief aspects of My glory. Of its full extent there is no end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.19'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra101.46°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.05°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha289.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra268.19°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.78°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:41 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:11 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 16:59
Yamaganda12:03 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:31 – 15:45
Varjyam07:33 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:08 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:36 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:49 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:03 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:31 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:45 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:59 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:45 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:31 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 00:03 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:03 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:49 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:36 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 07:08 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867854.27
Julian Day2456319.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0356°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.07°
🪷 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 -18.46°, EoT -12.76 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: 2013-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)