पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 21, 2023 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 4.3 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः।

भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्।।4.3।।
"4.3 It is the same ancient Path that I have now revealed to thee, since thou are My devotee and My friend. It is the supreme Secret." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.70°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra351.04°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.53°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.58°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra204.83°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani308.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:23 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:30 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:19 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:11 – 16:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:23 – 16:46
Amṛta Kāla16:08 – 17:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:58 – 14:06
Yamaganda07:15 – 08:24
Gulika Kāla09:32 – 10:41
Varjyam07:38 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:15 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:24 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:32 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:41 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:58 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:06 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:14 – 16:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:23 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:14 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:06 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:58 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:41 – 03:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:32 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:24 – 07:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871834.27
Julian Day2460299.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1878°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.45°
🪷 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 (24.1878°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2023-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)