पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 5, 2023 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 14.23 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते।।14.23।।
"14.23 He who maintains an attitude of indifference, who is not disturbed by the Qualities, who realises that it is only they who act, and remains calm;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra103.81°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.75°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha267.11°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati342.67°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra316.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani302.24°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:20 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:38 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:53 – 17:10
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:37 – 15:53
Varjyam07:25 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:00 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:16 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:37 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:53 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:10 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:53 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:37 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:16 – 07:00 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871515.27
Julian Day2459980.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)172.23°
🪷 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 (24.1756°), declination -16.05°, EoT -14.20 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: 2023-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)