पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 26, 2015 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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra356.92°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala316.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha291.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.32°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra303.76°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani218.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:31 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:37 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 09:36
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla13:16 – 14:30
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:09 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:23 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:36 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:03 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:16 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:30 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:43 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:57 – 18:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:43 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:30 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:16 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:03 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:36 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:23 – 07:09 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868583.27
Julian Day2457048.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0635°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.94°
🪷 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 (24.0635°), declination -18.83°, EoT -12.54 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: 2015-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)