पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 11, 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 10.32 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन।

अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम्।।10.32।।
"10.32 I am the Beginning, the Middle and the End in creation; among sciences, I am the science of Spirituality; I am the Discussion among disputants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.32'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra150.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha284.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra285.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani217.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:04 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:26 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:03
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 16:39
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 15:29
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:18 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:28 – 09:38 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:38 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:19 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:29 – 16:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:39 – 18:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:29 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:19 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:38 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:28 – 07:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868568.27
Julian Day2457033.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0629°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.52°
🪷 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 (24.0629°), declination -21.88°, EoT -7.89 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: 2015-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)