पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 12, 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 2.24 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः।।2.24।।
"2.24 It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-pervading, Unchanging, Immovable and Most Ancient." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.24'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya299.19°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra86.88°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.46°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha306.82°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.55°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani208.71°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:24 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:05 – 13:24
Yamaganda08:10 – 09:28
Gulika Kāla10:47 – 12:05
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · 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 Labha06:51 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:10 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:28 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:47 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:05 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:24 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:01 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:19 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:01 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:24 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:05 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:47 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:28 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:10 – 06:51 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868235.27
Julian Day2456700.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0502°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)146.28°
🪷 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 (24.0502°), declination -13.77°, EoT -14.59 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: 2014-02-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)