पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 4, 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 2.16 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
"2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.16'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 Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra347.60°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.67°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha308.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.22°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.41°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:37 – 15:53
Yamaganda09:33 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:05 – 13:21
Varjyam07:26 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:01 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:17 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:33 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:05 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:37 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:53 – 17:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:09 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:53 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:37 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:05 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:33 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:17 – 07:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868227.27
Julian Day2456692.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0499°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.08°
🪷 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 (24.0499°), declination -16.30°, EoT -14.09 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: 2014-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)