पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 26, 2021 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 3.22 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन।

नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि।।3.22।।
"3.22 There is nothing in this universe, O Arjuna, that I am compelled to do, nor anything for Me to attain; yet I am persistently active." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.32°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra147.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala224.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha264.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati305.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani287.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:15 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:26
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:00
Gulika Kāla14:09 – 15:17
Varjyam07:40 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:17 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:26 – 09:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:34 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:00 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:09 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:17 – 16:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:26 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:17 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:09 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:00 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:34 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:26 – 07:17 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871109.27
Julian Day2459574.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1601°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.76°
🪷 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 (24.1601°), declination -23.36°, EoT -0.96 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: 2021-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)