पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · December 19, 2026 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 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।
"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.90°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra354.57°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.91°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha234.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.51°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra196.63°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani343.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:45 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:45 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 07 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 52 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 10:40
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:05
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 08:23
Varjyam07:37 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 Kāla07:14 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:23 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:57 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:05 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:14 – 16:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:22 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:14 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:05 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:57 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 05:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:23 – 07:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872928.27
Julian Day2461393.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2297°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)114.97°
🪷 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 (24.2297°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2026-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)