पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 7, 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 10.30 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Kālaḥ Kalayatām Aham · Krishna IS Time
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्।

मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्।।10.30।।
"10.30 And I am the devotee Prahlad among the heathen; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am the Lion among beasts and the Eagle among birds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.27°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha308.20°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra281.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani197.11°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:36 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:41 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:22 – 14:39
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:31 – 10:48
Varjyam07:23 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:57 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:14 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:31 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:22 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:39 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:56 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:13 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:56 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:39 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:22 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:31 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:14 – 06:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867865.27
Julian Day2456330.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0360°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.11°
🪷 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 (24.0360°), declination -15.31°, EoT -14.38 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: 2013-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)