पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 6, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.27 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।

ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्।।10.27।।
"10.27 Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the White one, and I am the Ruler among men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra90.78°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha277.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra278.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani217.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:34 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:09 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:59 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 15 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 44 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:22 – 16:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:34 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:19 – 18:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:25
Yamaganda09:38 – 10:47
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:06
Varjyam07:42 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:19 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:28 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:38 – 10:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:47 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:06 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:15 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:25 – 16:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:34 – 18:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:25 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:15 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:06 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:47 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:38 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:28 – 07:19 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868563.27
Julian Day2457028.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0627°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.56°
🪷 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 (24.0627°), declination -22.55°, EoT -5.88 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: 2015-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)