पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 31, 2014 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 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra288.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.58°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha305.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.62°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.21°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:12 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:12 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:04
Yamaganda14:34 – 15:49
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:34
Varjyam07:30 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:05 – 08:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:19 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:34 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:19 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:34 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:49 – 17:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:03 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:49 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:34 – 22:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:19 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:34 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:19 – 07:05 (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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868223.27
Julian Day2456688.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0497°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.92°
🪷 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 (24.0497°), declination -17.45°, EoT -13.53 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: 2014-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)