पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 18, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।

"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	273.52°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	49.75°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	347.05°	Mīna	Revatī P1
बुध Budha	265.60°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	231.06°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	226.72°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	259.16°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:47 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:01 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:35 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:36 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 32 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 27 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:58 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:27 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:42 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:36 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:47 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla	16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:42 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:49 – 12:01
Yamaganda	14:24 – 15:35
Gulika Kāla	08:26 – 09:38
Varjyam	07:39 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta	09:28 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:15 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:26 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:38 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:49 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:01 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:12 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:24 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:35 – 16:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:47 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:35 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:24 – 22:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:12 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:01 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:38 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:26 – 07:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870036.27
Julian Day	2458501.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	137.78°

🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.63°, EoT -10.35 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: 2019-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)