पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 23, 2016 CE

Also observed today

माघी पूर्णिमा · Māghī PūrṇimāPan-Hindu
पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.33 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।

ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.33।।

"2.33 Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurring only sin." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	278.37°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	85.79°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	196.10°	Tulā	Svātī P3
बुध Budha	261.09°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	148.08°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	244.69°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
शनि Śani	229.06°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:12 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:53 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	15:44 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:40 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 40 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 19 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:54 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:23 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:43 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:39 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:53 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla	16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:43 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:37 – 10:50
Yamaganda	13:15 – 14:28
Gulika Kāla	07:12 – 08:24
Varjyam	07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta	09:27 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: 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 · 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 Kāla	07:12 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:24 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:37 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:50 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:02 – 13:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:15 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:28 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:40 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	16:53 – 18:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:40 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:28 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:15 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:02 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:50 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:37 – 05:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:24 – 07:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868945.27
Julian Day	2457410.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0773°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	168.86°

🪷 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 (24.0773°), declination -19.61°, EoT -11.81 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: 2016-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)