पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 27, 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 4.9 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन।।4.9।।
"4.9 He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.81°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra70.99°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha240.70°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.44°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra212.08°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani308.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:26 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:18 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:27 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 08 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:14 – 16:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:26 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla16:11 – 17:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:00
Yamaganda08:26 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 11:52
Varjyam07:41 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:18 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:26 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:35 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:00 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:09 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:18 – 16:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:26 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:18 – 20:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:09 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:00 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:35 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:26 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871840.27
Julian Day2460305.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1881°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.07°
🪷 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 (24.1881°), declination -23.34°, EoT -1.42 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: 2023-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)