पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 2, 2017 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 11.42 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि

विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु।

एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं

तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्।।11.42।।
"11.42 Whatever insult I have offered to Thee in jest, in sport or in repose, in conversation or at the banquet, alone or in a multitude, I ask Thy forgiveness for them all, O Thou Who art without an equal!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra351.43°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala339.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha267.96°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.53°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra334.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani240.42°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:48 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:38 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 04 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 55 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:35
Yamaganda07:02 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:33 – 10:49
Varjyam07:28 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · 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 Śubha07:02 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:18 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:33 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:35 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:51 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:06 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:51 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:35 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:33 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:18 – 07:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869321.27
Julian Day2457786.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0917°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.66°
🪷 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 (24.0917°), declination -16.80°, EoT -13.84 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: 2017-02-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)