पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · January 13, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.10 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः।

अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
"3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto them: Through sacrifice you can procreate, and it shall satisfy all your desires." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.16°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.96°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha269.43°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra304.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.64°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:03 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:54 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:05
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:38
Yamaganda10:49 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:20
Varjyam07:41 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:17 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:38 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:49 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:20 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:31 – 16:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:41 – 18:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:31 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:20 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:49 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:38 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 07:17 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870396.27
Julian Day2458861.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.70°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.59°, EoT -8.64 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: 2020-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)