पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 28, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।

"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.69°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra	195.63°	Tulā	Svātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	353.83°	Mīna	Revatī P3
बुध Budha	282.03°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	232.92°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	237.76°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	260.30°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:08 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:59 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:03 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	01:02 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:20 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 51 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 08 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:49 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:18 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:42 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:59 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla	16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:22 – 09:36
Yamaganda	10:50 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla	13:17 – 14:31
Varjyam	07:32 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta	09:26 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	07:08 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	08:22 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:36 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:50 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:03 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:17 – 14:31 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:31 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:45 – 16:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	16:59 – 18:45 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:45 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:31 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:17 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:03 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:50 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:36 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	05:22 – 07:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870046.27
Julian Day	2458511.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1195°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.50°

🪷 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 (24.1195°), declination -18.31°, EoT -12.97 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: 2019-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)